People are only just realising what part of their salt and pepper grinders are for – and it’s so handy | The Sun

THERE are endless common household objects that have clever features to make our lives easier – but so many of us don't even realise they're there.

Despite reaching for salt and pepper grinders most days, it turns out loads of didn't know about one handy feature.

According to one foodie, if you use salt and pepper grinders rather than shakers there's almost always a small knob on the top, and it's a complete game changer for cooking.

It turns out you can loosen or tighten the knob to get coarse or fine pepper.

The clever hack was shared on TikTok by Jennifer Valentyne and it's left people shocked that they didn't realise before.

Jennifer said: "I was today years old when I found out when the top knob on your pepper mill is loose it gives you coarse pepper.

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"Then when you tighten it, it gives you fine pepper."

Although the so-called trick might seem obvious, for loads of people they didn't know about it until Jennifer demonstrated how it works.

One viewer said: "I didn't know! That's amazing!"

And a second agreed: "I was today years old and I'm 28, lol I had no idea, thank you!"

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However some people were baffled that so many people didn't already know what the knob is there for.

One quipped: "Come one, who doesn't know this?"

"I worried about the world," another jabbed.



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