Here you see 2 of my favorite, most useful dishes locked tight together.  These little guys are so handy to have for serving salsa, a scoop of ice cream, apple sauce, French dip au jus’, grated cheese and diced onion for topping, sauces, sour creme…these are ‘must-haves’, so I was bummed when they seemed to be inseparable.  I engaged the entire family in attempting to separate these Pyrex custard cups!  We hit them, froze them, threw them on the carpeted floor…all to no avail.  I was about to break one of these, when I discovered a solution.

Solution:

I placed them inside the bigger black glass bowl you see here.  I poured boiling water up to the edge of the outside, white bigger Pyrex.  I put ice cubes inside the smaller Pyrex as you can see here.  I took a can of WD-40 and used the little red straw that comes with the can and I sprayed WD-40 somewhat generously between the 2 Pyrex cups.

I let it sit for a few minutes, poured out and refreshed the boiling water, let it sit for a few more minutes and pulled the nested cups out of the water, took my wooden spoon, placing it firmly on the rim of the smaller Pyrex and attempted to pry the smaller Pyrex up and out of the larger Pyrex.  It worked.  Voila’ - no need to break one to save the other!  Another handy tip for your household.

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