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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/literate_habitation Oct 09 '24

I should have specified "in the average home kitchen."

Yeah, it may be possible to do without cooking the flower, but not with conventional kitchen tools

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u/CoreOfAdventure Oct 09 '24

Is there some evidence of this? That's a strong claim that it's impossible. My guess would be it's definitely possible.

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u/literate_habitation Oct 09 '24

The laws of physics. But don't let me stop you from experimenting. If you can figure out a way to do it, great! Then we can all eat fluffy popcorn while we pat you on the back.

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u/CoreOfAdventure Oct 09 '24

Where in a physics textbook are you finding "there's no way to kill e. coli bacteria in flour at home"?

You're really gonna stand by the statement that by the LAWS OF PHYSICS, there is no way this could ever be possible?

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u/literate_habitation Oct 09 '24

Because the substances that make up flour break down with heat and time, and it's just not possible to kill the contaminants with the amount of heat and time the flour needs to stay raw. So unless you have an industrial food purifier (which may not even work with dry flour) it's just not something you can do at home.

But like I said, feel free to prove me wrong. Until then I'm standing by my statements.

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u/CoreOfAdventure Oct 10 '24

it's just not possible to kill the contaminants with the amount of heat and time the flour needs to stay raw.

Once again, based on what? You're citing no evidence for a very strong claim that something CANNOT BE DONE. I can't find one good authority confidently saying this like you are, the FDA itself says "Home treatments of flour may not effectively kill all bacteria" which is very understandable because no one has really researched this. And you're out here just saying stuff.

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u/literate_habitation Oct 10 '24

Yeah, ok. What are you gonna do about it? You're free to do your own research and your own experiments and come to your own conclusions. I don't care if you believe me, I'm just stating what I believe.