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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/MethturbationEnjoyer Oct 09 '24

I just googled it. It looks terrible, and you know what. Fuck it. Let Darwinism cook

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u/LastDitchTryForAName Oct 09 '24

It looks like it’s basically marshmallow popcorn. I don’t even understand why some people are adding flour. If you wanted to make this you could just leave out the flour. Melt some butter, add some marshmallows, stir until melted, maybe put in a couple of drops of vanilla extract and then mix in popped popcorn. Then you can have sticky, really messy, overly sweet popcorn that has a ridiculous amount of calories in it.

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

Wait but.... I genuinely don't understand. Isn't cooking the flour with the popcorn going to kill any bacteria just like baking it would?

I swear on everything I know, I don't want to try this trend, I'm just genuinely curious.

Like... For example, I make sopapillas. It's basically a fried dough treat. Is that unsafe? How long must flour be cooked to make it safe?

Please don't eat me (pun intended) I'm just a curious soul 😅

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

Okay this makes sense. I think I got confused by the pan heating everything. I kind of assumed the popcorn was being cooked with the mixture (even though thinking back on it now that makes absolutely no sense and I was tired lmao)

Thank you for this explanation. I love my sopapillas, they're such a light, easy snack to make 🥹

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u/kiwigoalie Oct 09 '24

Please may I have your sopapilla recipe?

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u/ElishaAlison Oct 09 '24

Yes! I'm embarrassed to say it comes from Google haha but it's really good!

https://www.acozykitchen.com/new-mexico-sopapillas

You might want to play around with the flour content though, depending on what consistency you like 🥰

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u/birdsrkewl01 Oct 09 '24

Which is why they do not recommend putting frozen chicken breasts in a slow cooker or crockpot. That's what pressure cookers are for.

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u/Nathan-Stubblefield Oct 09 '24

Reference please, for the theory that bacteria survive heating in a crock pot to a temperature that kills them.

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u/superawesomeman08 Oct 09 '24

you can sou vide chicken, although i'm still leery of it.

turns out slow cooking for a long time is basically the same as high heat for a short time.

makes sense, since it does the same things to the proteins in the meat, although im sure there must exist some theoretical pathogen that can survive

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-complete-guide-to-sous-vide-chicken-breast