43-year-old reveals an ingenious way to use a cheese grater and it's blowing people's minds

A woman named Alice–who goes by @aliceinbravoland on TikTok–shared an insightful video about the correct way to use a cheese grater, which turned out to be a useful life hack. The video has gone viral, garnering over 3 million views and 955 comments on the platform. In the caption, she wrote, "Did you know this? I'm easily impressed, so maybe this is no big deal, but I'm blown away." 

The video started with the woman using her cheese grater, but not in the usual way. She stated, "Okay, so I'm gonna try this that I saw the other day, where you lay your grater on the side." The creator remarked how she had been doing it wrong her entire life. She further shared that she learned the correct method to use a cheese grater when she was 43 years old. The new cheese grating method appeared effortless and even made it easy to transfer the final product elsewhere. 

The woman continued to grate the cheese and commented, "So you're never too old to learn things." She then picked up the grated cheese and effortlessly put it into a bowl. People loved the video and shared their own suggestions in the comments section. @ainek.fitness said, "You also don't need to go forward and back with the cheese just forward and you get a much better result." @reltron37 suggested, "Honestly if you are grating that much cheese, get a rotary cheese grater. Well worth it." Another individual, @jm903b, shared, "Yep! Me too! I embraced block cheese recently and have been fighting my box shredder till I figured out how to lay it backward like this. Easy peasy now."

Such small but significant life hacks can make a big difference. A few years back, Becky Holden McGhee shared a post on Facebook detailing how she figured out the correct way to seal an opened cereal box. She wrote in the post, "Had to share this! It's only taken me 40 years, but I now know the correct way to close a cereal box." McGhee further mentioned how her ingenious discovery meant that she would not have dried-up cereal boxes in her life anymore. The actual method is simple and involves just making a few folds to get a completely air-tight box.

She spoke to Bored Panda and said, "It was accidental. I never in a million years thought it would be viewed 3 million times." The mother-of-two also revealed that she felt "incredibly lucky" and that all the comments on the post have been kind and funny. People were thrilled to get this hack and shared their thoughts in the comments section. Wendy Mahoney said, "That's so funny. I was so fed up with this and went and bought containers for them all last week!"

You can follow Alice (@aliceinbravoland) on TikTok for more insightful life hacks.