The 'grandma kitchen hack' that makes getting tomato paste out of a can easier

Who doesn't love a good cooking hack?

Thanks to social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, home cooks have access to all kinds of tips and trends for the kitchen – but they're not always new ideas, as Amanda Ahlenius shows.

On her TikTok account (@amanda_ahlenius), Ahlenius shares cooking wisdom from grandmothers. Her latest video demonstrates a method for getting tomato paste out of a can easily by cutting both ends.

"I love this tip, because it's so simple and it seems like it's been right in my face my entire life, but I would've never tried it if it wasn't for somebody's grandma teaching me how to do it," she says.

Watch in the video above.

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The video, in which Ahlenius uses a can opener to open the tin at both ends before sliding the contents out, has received 5.8 million views and over half a million likes so far.

"I can't tell you guys how many times I've been educated when somebody starts their sentence off by saying, 'My grandma taught me' or, 'My mum taught me' and that's what my page is all about," she tells viewers.

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The tomato paste can hack isn't the nifty trick on Ahlenius' page.

In the video below, she shares a controversial tip for cutting a cake, claiming it was how one grandma 'served a smaller cake for more people'.

Other hacks included keeping the cupboards clean, cleaning pots and pans with dryer sheets, and dealing with an over-salted soup.

When one of her followed suggested adding potatoes to a pot of soup that's too salty, Ahlenius gave it a try.

"And when you're done, pull the potatoes out or keep them in. Thank you, grandma," she says.

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Commenters on Ahlenius' tomato paste can video have praised the simple method.

"Brilliant," one TikTokers said.

"Everyone has always made fun of me for doing this! SO much easier to get the paste out," another claimed.