I received the two pails of Palm Oil and Coconut Oil that I ordered from Golden Barrel. Although I definitely had some sticker shock from the cost of that much oil (and shipping) all at once, I'm so happy that I won't have to worry about running out of these two oils all the time, like I used to in the past.
I must say, when it came time to open these pails, I really missed Bramble Berry's cute little microwavable pouches of oil. The pails were very hard to open!
I am 50 years old and I type for a living, so I have a little bit of carpal tunnel problems, along with a weak grip. Maybe that was part of the problem. Or maybe I'm just a weakling. I wrestled around with the first pail like it was an alligator and had no luck at all opening it. Luckily my 84-year old dad had stopped by for dinner, so I asked him for help in opening the containers. Unfortunately he had trouble too.
He asked if I had a pair of pliers to grip the plastic tab better, so I went to the closet and came back with my cute little pink tool case with pink pliers, screwdrivers, etc. My dad just stared at me with a "Are you kidding me" look. He just shook his head sadly, and gingerly chose a pair of pink pliers out of the box. He pulled and pulled and finally got the plastic tab and ring pulled off.
But getting the plastic ring pulled off was only half the battle. My dad then leaned his knee on the middle of the pail and started prying up the lid with a screwdriver, which took quite a long time as he had to go all around the lid, a little at a time. After much sweating, cursing, and tugging, he was finally able to get the lid off. When I saw all that wonderful, precious, glistening coconut oil inside, I decided it was all worth it.
The whole process had to be repeated to get the lid off the palm oil. My dad left shortly thereafter and I'm not sure if he will ever return
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