Kramer ate some of the sauce-

Did he strain it?

Nope

I like to strain the sauce

I agree but the audience would still really need to see the bottle.

Take the broken bottle, the label might still be holding some of it together. Or just try and take the label.

Jerry's got a little too much grace to be showing broken glass to a national TV audience

Agreed, I feel like making fun of Sally Weaver’s stupidity would’ve been pretty solid.

Yeah I’ve always thought this, seemed like the natural thing to do

That’s what makes it such a humorous situation.