It's amazing how gullible people are, listening to these influencer types peddling their wares and snatching up their nonsense.
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Pink Sauce trend sending some users to the hospital
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I think some are freaking out unnecessarily about "buying food from strangers". Go to a farmers market. Plenty of home made sauces and jellys.
Buying food made by strangers isn't weird.
What's weird is buying food from someone who is clearly an idiot and full of shit. Who won't disclose their ingrediants/mistakes on the labels.
The lady is sending milk products through the mail. That's weird. Not the concept of buying food
Buying food made by strangers isn't weird.
What's weird is buying food from someone who is clearly an idiot and full of shit. Who won't disclose their ingrediants/mistakes on the labels.
The lady is sending milk products through the mail. That's weird. Not the concept of buying food
I can't speak to other countries, but here in the US farmers markets are regulated by their state, including what they're allowed to sell.
Here in PA: https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/consumer_protection/FoodSafety/Retail Food/Pages/Farmers-Markets.aspx
This is just somebody making mystery food in their kitchen then shipping it.
But I do understand what you're saying. This social media version of buying prepared foods from individual people seems like an offshoot of something that used to be a lot more common: the neighborhood sharing and commerce of food. I'm thinking of the few people I know (including one who's a trained chef) who made a decent chunk of change during lockdown preparing plates of food and delivering them to people.
And I won't sit here and pretend like I didn't buy a few of those plates...
Aren't there regulations for stuff like this? I know I can't simply throw food together in my country and sell it privately without going against a ton of health law regulation stuff.
Is this because of " 'Merica" again? That f'n country I swear....
Is this because of " 'Merica" again? That f'n country I swear....
It all depends on the ingredients. Sauces and jams in a sealed jar can keep for years depending on the ingredients.
The reason why some things from a store with milk in it can keep for months or years is that is also has artificial additives that helps it keep for longer.
Someone making X in their own kitchen is very unlikely to do that.
Yeah, I'm not disagreeing.
It's just funny to see the comments saying "why would you buy food from strangers on the internet" when no one has any idea where any of their food comes from
Like, she didn't disclose it had milk products. That's the fucked up part.
If someone said "I have a great homemade BBQ sauce" I don't think it's weird to purchase provided they have a certain pedigree/reviews. The issue isn't buying shit from people online. It's buying from scammers who haven't gone through the proper procedures.
Also the pink sauce person claims to be a chef. People are just too trusting
Preservatives and other additives are not even necessary. Milk and dairy products can be given a shelf life measured in months or even years purely through ultra-heat treatment. There's just no way some rando making pink goo in their kitchen has UHT facilities in their house.
The canning process itself helps with a lot of bacteria prevention. If you were to make jam at home and skip boiling them to seal them it would be a bacteria colony in a few days. If you skip the heat part a lot of preserved foods turn into piles of mold and bacteria super fast.
Yup. Any read of this focusing solely on tiktok and not social media/people as a whole is pretty disingenuous. The amount of pearl clutchers over tiktok in particular is hilarious
Yeah was going to say, there's always tons of food listed in my local Facebook marketplace. People selling exclusively out of their house instead of some overpriced rental storefront.
Tiktok didn't exist when people were told to put their phone in microwaves to fast charge them. Stupid people will always exist.
I'm sure you can actually. It's just not sold on shelves in a big store, but people sell food that has not been checked by a governing body everywhere. You think street food in S. Korea is regulated? Or farmer's markets?
take a peek at the median age and i'm sure it will reveal everything
TikTok convinced me to get my ADHD diagnosis so...
Yes, I know what you actually meant but I enjoy my well-curated TikTok feed of queerness and neurodiversity so it's not an *entirely* bad app. Just...mostly.
If you are a business you are subject to inspection by health departments and in some places (probably not Florida) you need to register and have an inspection before selling to the public.
Florida in fact made it easier and removed safety standards. You can have $250,000 in sales before you are considered a real food business.
Selling Homemade Food in Florida - Institute for Justice
Selling homemade food is relatively easy in Florida, thanks to a series of legislative reforms. The first big change came in 2011, when lawmakers expanded […]
shortcircuit.org
But in your specific point about South Korea all street food businesses are regulated and must meet safety and hygene standards. You think South Korea lets such a large sector be run with no oversight.
Well, in Germany at least, stuff is heavenly regulated, I could post you articles but they would be in German. 😅
I think that is suppose to be Pepto Bismol which ironically would probably be safer to dump on your food than whatever the hell the sauce in the OP is.
I guess she got the last laugh...?
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TikTok's Viral Pink Sauce Is Now Sold at Walmart
TikToker Chef Pii created the concoction that went viral this summer
I guess she got the last laugh...?
TikTok's Viral Pink Sauce Is Now Sold at Walmart
TikToker Chef Pii created the concoction that went viral this summer
IKYFL
Walmart has done a weirdly good job becoming "the place where you buy the internet food", they also have some kind of Mr Beast foodstuff and that Boston sports gremlin's pizza
This channel did a great follow up video on the Pink Sauce drama, and it was more complicated than thought as while the creator made mistakes, and she made genuine efforts to correct them, it turned out it seemed people jumped on the bandwagon against her without even verifying their sources of any people actually getting sick and hospitalized; aka like a chain letter going out of control.
View: https://youtu.be/4GbZp4VVzOo
View: https://youtu.be/4GbZp4VVzOo
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Smart move for them. I also think they have a fund for American small business entrepreneurs that helps them with positive PR.
Just saw the MoistCritical with her on the talk show...
WTF why is the audience clapping and the host so on her side against a customer that complained
WTF why is the audience clapping and the host so on her side against a customer that complained
Probably because she went off on the customer, and the audience loved the drama. She messed up there, undoubtedly, but the Debunking video above really went into just how much BS was spouted by people looking for drama clicks. The danger of the sauce was very overblown, and the "reports" of those getting sick were basically made up and internet telephoned into something bigger.
I'm honestly glad she's managed to parlay all this into getting stocked in Walmart. She made mistakes, and hopefully she's learned from them.
I guess she got the last laugh...?
TikTok's Viral Pink Sauce Is Now Sold at Walmart
TikToker Chef Pii created the concoction that went viral this summer
She's now working with a major corporation that can standardize everything, ensure the use of quality supplies and ingredients, and can easily keep on top of food safety standards?
Good.
Only if you're an infant?
Edit: apparently not true, my head is full of little bits of wrong information.
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It's kind of true, yeah?
Botulism and Honey: Infant and Adult Botulism
Honey is one of the most common sources of botulism. About 20 percent of botulism cases involve honey or corn syrup. Infants and babies under 12 months are at the highest risk of botulism. Learn more about the symptoms and the connection between botulism and honey.
www.healthline.com
Ahhha, good to know it wasn't entirely bullshit. Thank you!It's kind of true, yeah?
Botulism and Honey: Infant and Adult Botulism
Honey is one of the most common sources of botulism. About 20 percent of botulism cases involve honey or corn syrup. Infants and babies under 12 months are at the highest risk of botulism. Learn more about the symptoms and the connection between botulism and honey.
I used to eat the green version of this as a kid lmao, purple and pink just AINT ITWe've been through this before.
I remember eating the green version with some chicken fingers and then puking afterwards
Utterly grim stuff
Not where I expected this story to go lmaoI guess she got the last laugh...?
TikTok's Viral Pink Sauce Is Now Sold at Walmart
TikToker Chef Pii created the concoction that went viral this summer