@oblomov LOL totally based grandma! I have my own anecdote: Every year, my mum would cook a dish with a lot of lard that would cause it to be an oil-popping disaster. But she stands in front of it like it's no problem while I use the cover of a wok for protection.
@liztai I don't know about that, but apparently my grandma on my father side did pull french fries out of boiling oil with her bare hands. I'm just going to assume that some kind of Leidenfrost effect was at play because I can't believe she could just do it like that.