What Pull Tabs on Oil Bottles Are For

everything I thought I knew.

Do not throw away the pull tab. Flip it upside down and press it back into the bottle opening.

I know this seems ridiculous. I thought so too. But I decided to try it one night while cooking, primarily for my own curiosity, and the difference was instant. Rather than oil gushing out in

that wild and unpredictable manner of glug-glug-glug, it began pouring into a smooth and controlled stream.

No spills. No flooding your salad.

In my experience, the best way to handle messy pouring is to control the rate of flow. And that