It can be annoying when your pot keeps boiling over, leaving your kitchen in a mess - and people are only just realising this ...

"It all depends on how many eggs you are making," Serrano-Bahri advises. "If you are boiling one or two, a small pan is fine.

One guy decided to see if it really works. He used kitchen roll and added some olive oil onto it before spreading around the rim of his boiling pan. He was left stunned when the hack worked.

We’ll publish the full results of our testing soon. A small saucepan is a workhorse—a pan you can use for everything from boiling pasta water to whipping up a bechamel for lasagna. We ...