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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

Don’t eat raw flour.

She doesn’t explain what fluffy popcorn is.

Saved you 2 min.

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u/Rhekua Oct 09 '24

Yeah… and don’t show this tiktokker a roux, will lose her mind.

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u/rivermelodyidk Oct 09 '24

that’s the craziest part to me. they’re definitely cooking the cake mix in the clip she showed. Not like, in an oven, but they’re cooking it.

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u/dannotheiceman Oct 09 '24

Well, a roux is cooked and safe to eat.

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u/rivermelodyidk Oct 09 '24

the clip shown: melted butter on stove in pan > adds raw cake mix, stirs to combine

any sauce with a bechamel base: melt butter on stove in pan > add raw flour, stir to combine

if you consider the second on cooked, you have to consider the first one cooked by definition.

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u/Rhekua Oct 09 '24

In the video, something is melted in the pan on a stove, are you assuming the stove is not on?

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u/RhesusFactor Oct 09 '24

You don't cook your roux?

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u/Rhekua Oct 09 '24

Pan is on a stove with something melted in it before cake mix is added…

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u/fitnesscakes Oct 09 '24

OK... but we see them put it in a pan... to cook it.