"Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> The problem? I don't know how to get it open! There is this little
>> plastic
>> tab that looks like you would just pull it off. But under the tab is a
>> sharp little bit that impales your finger. What I have resorted to doing
>> is
>> forcing the tab up with a butter knife, then using the same knife to push
>> in
>> the little cardboardy/foily/plasticky type ovalish strip that is on there
>> where the gravy pours out of. Somehow I feel like I want to tear it off
>> much like you would on other boxed things like soups, but it doesn't want
>> to
>> do that.
>
> Boxed foods often have pull tabs like that. I have seen them fail to
> open correctly when pulled every so often. I think that sharp bit is
> the foil seal that was supposed to come off when you pulled the tab. I
> suggest you cut that bit with a knife and pour from there.

Ohhh! Okay. Thanks!