Grandma's 31 Oddly Useful Food Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner

[@cathyburrows8162]

I use leftover coffee in place of water in chocolate cake and brownies mix, this brings out chocolate taste more.

[@SavingSavers]

Yes!!!

[@maxineb9598]

But if you are like me and can taste even the smallest bit of coffee, no thank you.

[@angelaharris1112]

Wonderful idea. Thank you!

[@Di-pb8nz]

I use a packet cake mix to make pancakes.

[@cathyburrows8162]

Sounds yummy, what favors do you use?

[@ednaatluxton4918]

For many many decades we women were taught to add a teaspoon of milk to the eggs before whisking for scrambled eggs or omelets. That makes them fluffy.

[@OldAgeSaving]

These food hacks are brilliant! Grandma always knows the best tricks. Can't wait to try them out in my kitchen!

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

If you bake potatoes instead of boiling them, your mashed potatoes will have that specific baked potato flavor that is so delicious. 😋

[@SavingSavers]

Great idea!!

[@lorraineayres5724]

Yes. I heard about that.

[@Teresia12]

I don't like my mashed potatoes baked. Too dry.

[@tarnishedknight730]

Teresia12, Try wrapping each potato in foil with a teaspoon to a Tablespoon of butter and bake them that way; see if that keeps them moist enough for you.

[@wowtv101]

Thank you good to know 🎉😂

[@brendarico715]

I miss my grand ma😢

[@JodiWaterson]

I tried the baking powder in my flower for air fryer chicken, along with mixing some mayo in the egg and it came out so crispy

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

Try corn starch (mixed with flour) instead of baking powder. Super crispy!

[@JodiWaterson]

@ thank you

[@violetdusk1968]

Grandma's secret is she used real ingredients not a fake one, like everything now is.

[@SavingSavers]

Sad but true.

[@MrsB197something]

True

[@raphael1186]

spoken like true idiots

[@AlbiesProductsOnline]

When cooking lasagna or similar dishes in the oven place the baking tray in to a larger pan with water in it the water should come about halfway up the height of your baking tray that holds to food this will allow the water to boil and transfer even heat to the bottom of the pan but not enough to burn the bottom of your dish just add boiling water as needed to top it up

[@swannoir7949]

Good tip

[@tarnishedknight730]

AlbiesProductsOnline, Many people put an open pan of water on the rack below the bread when baking it. The moisture (humidity) helps the bloom and keeps the crust from becoming rock hard.

[@debrasterzinger6000]

@@AlbiesProductsOnline I saw a cheapskate cook lasagna in the dishwasher while the dishes were cleaning.Ill forgo that

[@debrasterzinger6000]

Drink the vodka....you won't care what you eat . JUST KIDDING.!!!

[@Wickgirl65]

No! It’s a great idea!

[@samuelshingleton3869]

You might be kidding but that doesn't make it any less true....... Hahaha!😂

[@tarnishedknight730]

debrasterzinger6000, Drinking the vodka only works if you drink enough vodka.

[@debrasterzinger6000]

Enough vodka varies...not much for me since I don't drink alcohol!!!

[@viningx21]

Ah-ha! Someone with my sense of humor 😉😋

[@Playitagaindian]

Keep a few marshmallows in your brown sugar container. No more rock hard brown sugar!

[@Vette60]

Corn starch will also make chicken skin crispy. For frying use 50 - 50 flour and corn starch for crispy skin.

[@amadapedro9147]

Cornstarch works great for french fries. Soak cut up potatoes in ice water for 20-30 minutes. Drain, pat dry and coat them with cornstarch before frying

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

I prefer corn starch. I also thicken my gravies and soup with it (blended in water.)

[@jessicahannah2522]

Or potato starch!

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

That aquafaba is no joke! I was CERTAIN it would taste savory and repulsive, but no! There really isn’t much flavor to speak of beyond what you choose to add.

[@annettespradlin4945]

My granny would make cookies with cake mix.

[@acftmxman]

I use milk with my scrambled eggs. They come out fluffy and don’t overcook.

[@carolebrown7589]

I use water,they are fluffy and have never burned

[@sullivanmaxwell6764]

Dab of sour cream! Everyone will ask why so good, cuz you can't taste the sour cream. 😎

[@cherylcarroll]

I also use water.

[@brendarico715]

Best cooks ever. Homemade everything

[@ChastitiBonilla]

Can’t stop watching!

[@cindydogmom]

You just showed me the best hack! Putting silica in bags to keep things fresh. I live in Miami. The humidity is awful and lot of my food gets stale very quickly. Especially my Marshmallows and Stars! I’ve resorted to leaving them in the freezer. Going to try this. Thanks

[@spark967]

Yes! The sugar works beautifully

[@JohnSixteen-jj6eg]

Eggs are the main ingredient in mayonnaise.

[@moseshancock3336]

Yes I uses these things to make food my grandma and mom show me when I was a kid and teen. I taught my daughter's so they can be excellent cook's 👌.

[@Majestros]

Add Shiro miso paste to lasagne or Bolognese. The umami really enhances the flavour

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Great hacks, thanks,😊

[@SavingSavers]

You're welcome!!

[@karleedu]

These are wonderful! I just subscribed. I didn't know a lot of these.

[@SavingSavers]

Awesome! Thanks for subbing!!

[@melissaberman8244]

Wow…baking soda!

[@SavingSavers]

Yes!!

[@Blaze23557]

Interesting…

[@Kathy-g3i]

This video is awesome! I sent it to my sister too😊

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks for sharing!! 🤭

[@loripiontek]

That's where I was going, too

[@SharonSearles-qq9yl]

A lot of great ideas, most I've never heard of! 😅

[@SavingSavers]

Glad you like them!

[@gandalfstormcrow8439]

🤣I always knew my secret sugar trick was obvious

[@kennymik1509]

Great video!!! Thanks!!! Does the ice cube on a burger ONLY work on a grill? Would it work in / on a fry pan?

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks so much! 😊 Yep, the ice cube trick works in a fry pan too-just pop a lid on to trap the steam and keep it juicy.

[@kennymik1509]

​@@SavingSavers Will try it!!! Many thanks!!!

[@jessicahannah2522]

I doubt this one. It's just water, which melts into steam and evaporates. What makes burgers (and all meat) juicy is fat. Perhaps a bit of frozen butter would do better for juiciness. It's how we cook steaks too, is a knob of cold butter on top of the steak while cooking it.

[@kennymik1509]

Wow...that gets me to remember how my grandfather would make steaks....every time...with a long green onion or two atop. Thank you for that!!!

[@BonnieBlue1861]

Feta cheese or goat cheese is great in scrambled eggs too

[@debrasterzinger6000]

@@BonnieBlue1861 almost anything is edible with cheese in or on it.

[@angelaharris1112]

Love these! Never heard of most!

[@TerrsaFarag]

Use gloves for peppers

[@gsdalpha1358]

Omg, yes! After cleaning outs seeds and membranes from jalapeños, then chopping enough for 16 pints of salsa (for us and son's family), I swear my hands were burning so hotly they should've glowed in the dark. It took probably two hours of washing and soaking them in cool water before the pain lessened. Absolute misery. I wear gloves now!

[@GothGuy885]

and by all means if your eyes itch while your slicing them, DO NOT rub them with the Jalapeño juice on your fingers. it is fresh hell x 20!

[@gsdalpha1358]

@@GothGuy885 😳😖

[@ednaatluxton4918]

I was taught to rub my hands with lots of salt after cutting onions,wipe it off then wash hands, 50+years ago. It will work for peppers also. It absorbs it.

[@donnabradshaw5200]

I have also had good luck using rubbing alcohol if the peppers burn my hands.~~ Also put a wooden stick match between your lips when you chop onions and you won't cry.

[@sarahannsmith3129]

Yes, the match trick really works when slicing onions!☺

[@swannoir7949]

I saw that onion trick from the movie The Help

[@ceceliafetty5175]

Breath from your mouth and not your nse

[@debrasterzinger6000]

@@donnabradshaw5200 I read put onions in freezer 15 minutes before cutting.

[@ashleyhoward3279]

To quote Thumper from Bambi, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."

[@Oldsparkey]

I add a full teaspoon ( sometimes heaping ) of cottage cheeses to each egg that I scramble.

[@angelaharris1112]

I add cream cheese!

[@Teresia12]

I add cream cheese. Does the same as mayo and taste better imo.

[@moladhdodhia164]

​@@angelaharris1112,And Feta and Cheddar 😊

[@chaunceychappelle3265]

Who else remembers home made biscuits that completely melted in your mouth.

[@loripiontek]

I am simply amazed by some of these tips_tricks (i detest the word Hack), especially about the ice cube on hamburgers. I still don't know if the cube should be on top or inside the meat patty (you said around it. )

[@angelaharris1112]

It said inside. The pic was misleading!

[@loripiontek]

@@angelaharris1112 Thank you!

[@donnaa8769]

put a cube on top of burger, keeps meat from drying out

[@TheSleepingonit]

I've put mayo on fried eggs, yum especially with cayenne

[@patriciatinkey2677]

I like these videos a lot!😊

[@SavingSavers]

Glad you like them!

[@brendarico715]

Ad Dr.pepper to chocolate cake mix

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

4:20 Not 2B snarky, but pizza cheese doesn’t have to be grated. Slices work fine. Some even use chunks, but then it’s not perfectly even, which doesn’t matter either.

[@charmaynebruce6215]

Your user name 😂😂😂

[@TheSleepingonit]

Bacon or pepperoni to your Mac and cheese to take it to the next level

[@0annonymous]

I have a hack of my own Before scrambling eggs, add a teaspoon per egg of flavored coffee creamer, (ANY flavor) Eggs cook quickly, don't raise the heat until the mixture is fully mixed Cook as usual, serve and enjoy

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@Barbarra63297]

I must be old, I knew all of these things lol.

[@Teresia12]

Same here

[@rebeccaedwards8590]

I hate mayonnaise. If you put mayonnaise in my eggs I'll never trust you again. I like mustard. But if you put mustard in my mac n cheese...ill never trust you again

[@ceciliacrocker390]

😂😂🎉 thanks for the giggle 🤭 😉

[@itzPinkrose23]

Where is the Grandma who put Soy Sauce in Chocolate?? 🤨

[@ZacHawkins42]

Somewhere in Japan, I would imagine 😉

[@peterpiper487]

The problem with aquafaba is that you can never time it with when you want to eat a can of beans... unles, of course, you want to just throw the beans out, which I could do since I don't eat beans, but then the aquafaba would be too expensive.

[@TheSleepingonit]

I cut my bare big toe bad enough to need stitches, poured Wild Turkey 101 on it, pain disappeared

[@weeyee60]

I woulda’ drank it…

[@ednaatluxton4918]

I put parmesan on my scrambled eggs and fried eggs while they are in the pan,not quite finished cooking. Im not an egg fan so the parmesan helps.

[@ambercollins777]

thank you

[@SavingSavers]

You're welcome!

[@middleofthenightmiddleofth1013]

I use milk in my eggs and they are fluffy an huge an big. You just don't stir them to beat them up to small scramble eggs.

[@spark967]

Pickle juice is great on a roast or in stew too!

[@faegrrrl]

No, no. You add cream and beat your eggs for a bit. They turn out fluffy and everyone loves them. They like them with cheese or tomatoes or plain. There's a little more than just grating and freezing butter for your "flaky" pastry. It certainly helps when mixing up with a fork until pea size. How you fold your dough can help.

[@tarnishedknight730]

faegrrrl, Having everything (butter, flower, water, bowl, etc.) as cold as you can get them and working your pastry dough as little as possible works wonders.

[@faegrrrl]

@@tarnishedknight730 Yes, I agree with you 100%. Otherwise it's not going to be flaky and good. My Mama always kept a little bowl of ice water next to her while making pie dough. Have you done that or heard of it? Just an ice cube in a dessert glass of water if she needed it.

[@tarnishedknight730]

faegrrrl, My Granma used water from melted ice in her pie crusts. But then, Granpa delivered ice, for a living.

[@rudolphsaiz8386]

I usually use dill pickles in my mac and potatoe salads so i add pickle juice to my mayo

[@TheSleepingonit]

Wash your hands if needing to pee when cutting jalapenos to avoid burning sensation there

[@jameswesten2018]

That's my favorite part 🔥

[@billyandrew]

I chop and change, sometimes adding mustard, or garlic or tomato or chilli to my mac n cheese. 😋

[@SavingSavers]

Love that!

[@Skibiditoiletrizz666]

Mustard in Mac and cheese is not 🚫 something that went over well at our house. Reactions at our house were negative, from the entire family. I was reminded of what "crocodile Dundee" said about eating iguanas.."you can eat them but they taste like shit, mate". 😂

[@CharlotteBrown-zm5kd]

I don't use prepard mustard. Mustard powder adds a little something without being overpowering .

[@srsapb1]

@@CharlotteBrown-zm5kd My family wont eat mac and cheese without a squirt of prepared mustard in the cheese sauce before adding the pasta.

[@TheSleepingonit]

Lmao I loved using spicy mustard in it

[@caseyjones3522]

you used too much. just a little goes a long way

[@kalbelle9615]

Nooo. You need to use food grade silica packets.

[@pamelahobson1377]

Next time you make a grilled sandwich, use mayo instead of butter. Yum!

[@Eminems_woman_4_life]

Anyone from Australia watching this, when making mush potatoes, add a teaspoon of Vegemite to it and mix it in

[@wife97]

No grandma that I know would add soy sauce to chocolate!

[@p1dru2art]

For 100 S of years a hack was a negative thing ..

[@ceceliafetty5175]

On the lasagna put Saran then foil. The tomato acid can cause the foil to corroded

[@GoldenMan1002]

Some milk works for me on that first tip about eggs

[@jessicahannah2522]

The ice cube in a hamburger one, I'm doubtful. That's just melted water that turns into steam and evaporates into the air. Fat is what makes burgers juicy. Maybe put a pat of frozen butter in there instead?

[@mikeshaver7821]

holy crap the lasanga girl need a hair net....the kind they use on deadliest catch

[@loripiontek]

Actually I'm somewhat disappointed by finding this cool video... I plan to start a carnivore diet tomorrow. No cakes, pies, pastry, or pasta 😭

[@angelaharris1112]

Oh noooo

[@reginafisher9919]

Hey but that mayonnaise on the chicken and then you roll it in pork rinds that are crunched up and then fry it and avocado oil!! You won't stop eating it!!

[@loripiontek]

@@reginafisher9919 Pork rind aftertaste is a thing. Better when it's fried?

[@tarnishedknight730]

loripiontek, You need bread to sop up the last bit of the juices. 🧛

[@loripiontek]

@@tarnishedknight730 That's what fear because I love it the most!

[@jessicahannah2522]

Outside of a handful of these 'hacks' (god I hate that word) I guess I'm a grandma! I know almost all of these simply from learning to cook back in the 60's and 70's.

[@joeshedler6496]

so basically cook everything with baking soda??

[@southernwanderer7912]

I would only use one of these ideas, and that's adding fish sauce to soup.

[@charmaynebruce6215]

Worcestershire Sauce is an all-rounder. It contains fish sauce. I use it in nearly everything savoury on a less-is-more basis.

[@mothermay.i]

Notice grandma never said to add raisins to the potato 🥔 salad 🥗 🍇

[@louannhuber2651]

Brought to you by Hellman’s

[@jannakawasaki3257]

Are they still around?

[@cathyellis-b1g]

or use brown mustard much better

[@ChristineNeilson]

Use Irn Bru instead of water in home made bread (in bread maker) Comes out very light and lovely flavour.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

One of the tricks I've seen my mother use.

[@spark967]

Can you just keep ginger in the freezer?

[@Surferess]

2:49 The video you are showing with flour being stirred into melted butter is not the one you want to use. Grating butter is using cold butter.

[@SKF358]

Grandma had tips, not "hacks," which are means to break into computers.

[@Vette60]

Use a spiral cheese grater to grate frozen butter, ginger, and cheeses. Much easier and you can choose from several blades to slice as you desire.

[@Parakeetfriend4215]

Whose grandma??!! Not mine, not my husbands, so whose grandma??!!

[@Teresia12]

Mine but she turned 100 in 2000. Of course she's dead. She did a lot of these. I always thought it was plain old country cooking.

[@lucky9ine]

Someone's 🤷‍♀️ and I'm sure gonna try most ❤

[@wandahall4435]

❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊

[@ConnieOutlaw-x9n]

WHO KNEW GOOD TIPS. 🇺🇸

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks!!

[@lauriephillips7941]

Grandma knew!

[@SharonHutchins-ve1cx]

For an extra creamy pudding, use 1 cup heavy whipping cream and 1 cup milk. Delicious.

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks for the tip Sharon!

[@paradiselover7580]

Why is it odd that your Grandma was smart and savvy?

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

Mayonnaise makes everything taste better. 🤣

[@joanofark06]

On the very first food hack, it says to add a spoonful of mayo to eggs, but it doesn't say HOW MANY eggs...

[@Angelfee1]

I use 1tbsp to 2 large eggs

[@psychdlc]

Shredding and grating are not the same thing. Learn the difference.

[@alicerafferty9595]

I know some of these hacks but not the baking soda hacks.

[@loripiontek]

Those are the ones that I liked best.

[@SR-cz5yy]

Grandmas always know best but I don't think aqua fava was known of in those days and can't have been using soya sauce in those days. 😅

[@caseyjones3522]

my gramma sucked at cooking and i bet no one elses knew about these tricks.

[@TheSleepingonit]

Crap, I cant eat mayo anymore, can't eat eggs

[@mikecrabtree8200]

I've heard the word umami one time to many.

[@barbarat5729]

More flakier?

[@ironhell813]

It’s ha la pen yo, not hala peen yo. There’s only one “e” and the accents on the n not the e.

[@SavingSavers]

Thanks for this, will take note of this and do better on our next uploads.

[@moladhdodhia164]

​, I say it the way you did,and will continue too 😊

[@yamaha6981]

​@@moladhdodhia164we from the south say it like that too.

[@moladhdodhia164]

@@yamaha6981 ,People comment on the way my sister talks,saying it's a strong Chicago accent, I get comments too,it bothers her what people say,but I don't care.

[@johnkean6852]

31 hax 51 commercials

[@loripiontek]

I only saw 6

[@johnkean6852]

@@loripiontek lucky u

[@debrasterzinger6000]

I've heard mayo in box cakes.Onions in freezer 15 minutes before cutting

[@denisedavies5859]

My stomach is hurting and I’m barfing in my mouth. Disgusting.

[@TruthWillSetYouFree832]

Soybean oil (mayo), soy sauce, vodka, corn flakes, etc. Not the healthiest choices. Get away from the oils and soy.

[@thebeardedone1225]

My grandmother never did any of this crap. Soy sauce in chocolate! Blasphemer!

[@busterbrown446]

Most of these 'hacks' are useless.

[@Michelle-mq5cw]

Even needless information should serve a useful purpose!