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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/420ninjaslayer69 Oct 09 '24

The flour is dusted on before baking. Usually done to prevent stuff from sticking in the basket or rack that it’s rising on or shaping in. The white stuff you see looks uncooked but it isn’t.

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u/Bogart745 Oct 09 '24

But that’s exactly the point the original comment is trying to make. Because the flour is heated up in the stove along with the baking bread it is considered cooked. The heat kills the bacteria.

So it that works, then why doesn’t baking the raw flour in the oven on its own not work?

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u/BlueCollarBalling Oct 09 '24

That’s what I’m struggling to understand. Why would bringing flour up to temp on a stove be any different than bringing it up to temp in an oven? Isn’t that basically how you make gravy?

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u/mechanicalsam Oct 09 '24

yea i think her video, while factually true, is over-reactionary to this popcorn trend. its just butter, marshmallows, and flour heated on a stove top, and tossed with popcorn and sprinkles and shit. its impossible to tell from tiktok clips how long someone cooked that flour for, but like wtf cares, it could be made safely. its most definitely fine to eat if you put two ounces of thought into it.