TikTok Recipes: Rad Or Bad?
Are TikTok recipes just fads or useful hacks that are here to stay?
Written By: Merrilyn Teng
Pictures By: Merrilyn Teng
The year is 2020 - with people all over the world finding themselves quarantined at home amidst a global pandemic, seeking for new thrills to ease their boredom. Enter TikTok, a social video-sharing site where people post all sorts of videos for comedy and entertainment in under a minute. With everyone stuck at home, a particular type of topic had started to gain traction as people begin to get crafty: how-to recipe videos. From bizarre creations to cooking hacks that might be handy, we uncover some of the viral recipes on TikTok and see if someone with little experience in cooking can recreate them too.
Tornado Egg
Ingredients:
2-3 eggs
Milk
Butter for the pan
Execution:
1. Crack your eggs together and whisk.
2. Add your eggs into a heated pan.
3. Position each chopstick on the opposite ends of the pan.
4. Twist the chopsticks in a clockwise direction as you rotate the pan.
5. Turn until the egg forms a swirly shape!
Verdict: It's definitely quite challenging to make the egg form the shape of the tornado with the chopsticks. Aside from that, it’s pretty much just eggs so still yummy!
Egg Sandwich
Ingredients:
2-3 eggs
2 bread slices
1 tablespoon butter
2 slices of cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Execution:
1. Crack your eggs together and whisk.
2. Add butter onto a heated pan then your eggs.
3. Add the two slices of bread on top of the eggs.
4. Once the eggs start to cook, flip to the opposite side with the bread.
5. Add cheese on the egg and close the sandwich.
Verdict: Pretty good! You can’t go wrong with eggs and cheese in a breakfast sandwich. Add other ingredients like lettuce and tomato to elevate the taste.
Pancake Cereal
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup milk
Whisked egg
Oil for the pan
Execution:
1. Crack your eggs together and whisk.
2. Add your eggs into a heated pan.
3. Position each chopstick on the opposite ends of the pan.
4. Twist the chopsticks in a clockwise direction as you rotate the pan.
5. Turn until the egg forms a swirly shape!
Verdict: Not bad! Though it tastes kind of plain on its own, so adding milk or honey to the mix will make it tastier. Though, making the individual tiny pancakes is super time-consuming.
Check out our attempt at making these recipes here:
