A new video showing an Instagram user by the name EDWIN_KA has surfaced online and it shocked everyone. In the 47 seconds video, Edwin showed how to make your food taste crispier by adding in plastic, literally! The video, itself, is sort of experimental in nature.
“Does frying snacks using plastic make them tastier because the trick to make them crispier? Let’s find out now, and at the end, I’ll compare the two,” he said at the start of the video.
He, then, showed a batter and tofu to be fried. “I already have some snacks coated in batter, and we’ll start by frying them without using plastic and they’re already this crispy” , while showing the snack fried in just the batter.
“Now, let’s try cooking them with plastic. Seriously, I’m even using a plastic cup to supposedly make them taste better. It’s crazy,” he said while frying and adding in a plastic cup.
Not satisfied with look of crispiness, he added more plastics into the pan. “The plastic actually melts into the oil. Since it still doesn’t seem crispy enough, we add more plastic. The one cooked with plastic ends up being super crispy”.
Once done, he said, “Now we have both versions: the normal one and the one cooked with plastic. They’re done, so let’s do a taste test — starting with the normal one”. He took bites of the normally fried snack then proceeded to the other one.
“Now the one cooked with plastic. Turns out, the one with plastic is actually crunchier.”
Netizens’ Reaction
This video received hundreds of reactions by users.
No wonder so many Indonesians are getting cancer these days When plastic is heated, BPA, PVC or PS compounds are released which cause cancer, and can harm the fetus of pregnant women. Videos like this should be taken down because people are following them”, said one concerned user.
One other user stated that they’re unfazed by this because it’s an open secret among vendors, “It has been an open secret among fried food vendors since 2007 that many fried food vendors use plastic to make their food last longer and stay crispy. If you want it to stay crispy, use rice flour for the batter”.
This isn’t the first time Indonesia’s cooking method has stunned the internet. Previously, users were shocked to learn that tonnes of plastic wastes were used as the fuel to cook tofu.
Image— Screenshot Edwin_KA
