I showed my grandma the viral TikTok salmon hack – it’s safe to say she’s converted
A TIKTOKER and her grandma tested out a viral salmon-cooking hack — and both were impressed with the results.
Though her grandma seemed to find the trick fishy at first, she was converted when she saw the skin was easily pulled off.
Jai (@jaitheleo24) filmed her grandmother in the kitchen in a video on TikTok.
She had laid out a tray of salmon filets with the skin still on and a layer of aluminum foil underneath.
With the camera rolling, her grandma poured hot water from a kettle onto the filets.
“I don’t know if it’s doing anything TikTok,” she said at first.
Not immediately seeing results, Jai speculated about what the issue could be with the cooking hack she found on the social media platform.
“Maybe it’s not hot enough,” Jai said.
“It’s hot,” the grandmother replied. “Look at it.”
“It’s not shrinking up like that TikTok,” Jai said of the salmon skin. “Alright, try to peel it off. Careful.”
Much to the grandmother’s surprise, the salmon skin peeled off of the filet.
“Safe to say she’ll be doing this from now on,” Jai added in the caption.
The video drew in many viewers who shared their thoughts in the comment section.
“The way she said TikTok so condescending when it wasn’t working,” one wrote.
“I know and then used this method the rest of the time,” Jai replied.
“As a former butcher, we used to do this and then peel one end to take the skin off while it’s frozen and it comes off easy,” another added.