Available now! on Amazon (what isn’t?) in circles and squares of various sizes and stylish designer colors. One vendor states They double as heat resistant trivets and coasters and spoon rests—dishwasher-safe!

I find my decades-old opener at the front of my kitchen gadget drawer, the rubbery white circle now stained yellow. The smooth front contains an asterisk followed by Zayre in faded, orange lettering—free from that discount department store I frequented during my sewing days. When I run my fingertips over the back side, the anti-slip textured bumps mirror shivers rising on my forearms.

O, slivery gripper, you’ve almost never failed me, though twice lately I had to tap a pickled pepper jar’s lid with the heavy end of a butter knife, before you worked.