I prized the lid off with a spoon.

Word of the day
prize : to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point; to separate things using force

Quote of the day
“Either I'm funny or the world's funny. I don't know which. The bottle and lid don't fit. It could be the bottle's fault or the lid's fault. In either case, there's no denying that the fit is bad.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84