Do You Have A Church Key ?

Margaret- I must have at least 4! What's funny is that neither one of us drinks beer.  And, I had not heard it called that in years!

Margaret - yes indeed I do.  I am sure I have a real collection if I looked.  We still need them for imported beer.

I do and I keep it in the kitchen window sill over the sink. It belonged to my grandmother. I thought of her today when I used it to pry the lid off a jar of candied jalapenos I opened with the bottle opener side. I put candied jalapenos on top of deviled eggs for 5th Sunday fellowship lunch tomorrow. 

I remember people calling a can opener a "Church Key" Margaret. Kids now would have no idea.

Have not heard that expressionin a long time...probably due to twist tops !

I do, but bottles seem to be coming twist top. I still need one to open chicken broth when cooking. I.m sure soon that will be pop top.

Hi Margaret-I do not have one but it sure brought childhood memories of those flat topped cans!

Hello Margaret ... very interesting post, great photos and I threw all my Church Keys away 

I don't know if I have one or not, but I have seen them.  Why are they called church keys though?  Beer isn't consumed in church, is it?

What a wonderful collection! 

And yes, I do have one. My husband keeps it on top of the refrigerator to open his cans of tomato juice. I steal it to use when the lid does't want to come loose on home-canned fruits and veggies. 

We also have one mounted on the wall out in the shop, just in case someone wants to open a "real" bottle. My neighbor uses it for his beer. He said that when his wife died much too young he decided that he would no longer live life on the cheap, saving for tomorrow. So now he refuses to drink anything with a twist-top. 

Margaret - I only can things I can't buy in the store - like dilly beans, pickled beets, and peaches that taste far better than any I can purchase. One year I canned a whole lot of carrots and I do tomatoes when I have a good crop. That hasn't happened lately, however. 

Dilly beans are just garlic dill pickles - but made with green beans.