Physics geeks, engineers, and/or cooks: Will this lid ever come off?

Back to the stove. It cooled too much.

You could try forcing a knife in the gap and force it open.

@ragingloli, tried. No luck. Back on the stove.

You are pretty enough that you should never need to make dinner. I’m drunk and need sleep.

Are you gonna make me dinner, drunky?

The lid came off with a big POP! Couscous is salvageable.

Your pot is too new and everything fits too tightly. Go to a flea market and buy an old battered pot. You’ll never have that problem again.

You would think, w. I inherited this pot from a guy I dated three years ago and I’ve made eggs in it probably 500 times.

Order take out!

My pressure cooker manual suggests lubricating the lid and pot rims with petroleum jelly to ensure it doesn’t happen again :>)

Try taking the lid off tomorrow. Last resort, drill or make a small nail hole in the lid
to release the vacuum.