You've definitely been doing it wrong! How to use a salt and pepper shaker: a life hack

It often happens that you can't get enough product out of a salt or pepper shaker. You have to shake them for a long time over a plate of food, risking breaking the lid and spilling out all their contents.

To prevent this from happening, you should know a great life hack that allows you to salt or pepper your food in seconds without any effort. A user with the nickname Today Years Old shared how to do it on X/Twitter.

Usually, there are special teeth on the bottom of salt and pepper shakers that are designed to prevent the containers from slipping on the table surface. They will be a lifesaver when you need to salt or pepper a dish very quickly.

If your food is not too salty, take the salt shaker and turn it over to the plate. Place the peppercorns on top of the salt shaker, bottom to bottom, and start making circular motions. In no time, salt begins to spill out of the salt shaker.

You need to make similar movements when you need to pepper your food, but in this case, the salt and pepper shaker are simply switched.