Brits have been left utterly baffled after one man has discovered what the ridges on Ritz crackers are meant to be used for – and no, it’s not just to make them look pretty
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TikToker reveals real reason Ritz Crackers have ridges
Ritz crackers are a top-tier snack, but it turns out we’ve been eating them wrong this entire time.
The moreish snacks are known for their vibrant golden colour and salty taste, and can elevate even the most boring pack lunches or late night cupboard raids The iconic crackers are famed for their rather distinctive appearance, thanks to the jagged edges that run around the perimeter of the biscuit.
Whilst many of us presumed this design is purely aesthetic, it turns out there is a reason behind the perforations. One man discovered the hidden function and it’s truly left Brits lost for words…
A bloke on TikTok, known on the platform as @kenshawn.caraballo, posted about their intended use last year and as a result, left thousands of people completely gobsmacked. “I was today years old when I realised why crackers have ridges on them,” he says at the start of the short clip.
He then demonstrates how to make full use of the ridges. In the video, he can be seen rolling the jagged edge of the cracker over a piece of cheese to effectively slice it.
This way you have a perfect sized piece of cheese to fit the cracker – and you save on washing up. Since being posted, the video has racked up thousands of likes and hundreds of comments from people who were in awe of the revelation.
One person wrote: “Never knew this.” A second person commented: “Well now I know this. Thank you.” While third simply said they were: “Mind blown”. But someone else claimed this wasn’t news to them, saying: “I’ve always done this…”
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Far more than a simple TikTok theory, Ritz themselves confirmed the snack’s clever function in their own video on the platform, which made people question their ‘entire existence’. This isn’t the only fact that people have learned from TikTok recently.
One man went viral on the social media platform after he shared an “extra use” for door springs. They demonstrated the hack in a video on their account, which was captioned: “From doorstopper to doorkeeper.”
They said if you need your door to stay open, and you have one of these springs on the wall behind it, simply bend the stopper down, open the door fully over the top, then release. The stopper at the end will stop the door from closing.
Elsewhere in the world of new-found food revelations, others have just discovered that you’re actually allowed to take your own food into the cinema. Both Cineworld and Vue confirmed that bringing your own snacks is permitted, but there are certain rules around smelly foods or hot treats.
A version of this article was first published on 24 March, 2023
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