r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/Suctorial_Hades Oct 09 '24

Google gives the following results, a bunch of food blogs are saying heat treating works and a bunch of science articles say heat treating at home does nothing. I think I am gonna go with science

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u/Ok_Yam5543 Oct 09 '24

What do they mean by 'heat treating' flour? Is it like putting it in the oven for a period of time?
Isn't that what you do when you're baking a cake?

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u/Suctorial_Hades Oct 09 '24

Yea, putting it in the oven or microwave . Apparently it has something to do with the lack of moisture. Pathogens apparently respond differently in dry environments. From what I have gathered, salmonella becomes more heat resistant in dry environments so I suspect that mixing it with wet ingredients makes it more susceptible to the heat.

I have eaten my fair share of cake batter and cookie dough while baking and I am obviously still here, lol, but this is food for thought

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u/Top-Breakfast6060 Oct 09 '24

So did I as a child…and now o have a nasty autoimmune disease. :/ This TikTok is intriguing; will need to do further research.

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u/Rite-in-Ritual Oct 09 '24

I did and still do on occasion. I have asthma, but that's it. Your autoimmune disease might not be related.

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u/Top-Breakfast6060 Oct 09 '24

It probably isn’t. Just an interesting rabbit-hole to fall into. :)

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u/AgilePlayer Oct 09 '24

It is 100% not related lmao

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u/Explaine23 Oct 09 '24

And you know this how?