I recently tried to eat a Hormal Complete chicken breast and mashed potatoes and couldn't get the plastic off of the top so had to saw *** in the top and scoop it out. It was a mess and just a blob of whatever. Couldn't tell what was potato or chicken cause all in one blob. I was going to use pliars to pull of the plastic but didn't want to contaminate it. User's recommendation: you need pliars to get the plastic off the top.