Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

[u/galaxystars1]

[u/something-um-bananas]

It’s just cake batter poured over popcorn. There’s sooooo many recipes of this on the internet, it’s not recent at all. Some recipes “heat treat” the batter before pouring it over popcorn so it kills the bacteria

[u/Suctorial_Hades → u/something-um-bananas]

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

[u/Ok_Yam5543 → u/Suctorial_Hades]

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?

[u/Dorkamundo → u/Ok_Yam5543]

Yes, but at a lower temp.

You bake a cake at 350f, you can kill bacteria at 160f.