life hacks dept.: coaxing reticent ketchup out of new bottles

05.Iv.1430

A common misconception is that to release ketchup from a freshly opened bottle one taps on the upturned bottom of the bottle.

Instead the proper way to do it is to tap the neck of the bottle.

This is because the congestion is at the bottleneck, so tapping it moves that portion which is causing the obstruction.

On the other hand, hitting the bottom of the bottle forces a large volume of ketchup onto the narrow bottleneck prolonging the congestion.