South Korea’s government asks people not to eat fried toothpicks

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South Korea’s government asks people not to eat fried toothpicks​

Reuters

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Published 9:57 PM EST, Thu January 25, 2024

A person holds a "Fried green toothpick" which went viral following a social media trend.

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A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.

Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have racked up thousands of likes and shares on TikTok and Instagram.

“Their safety as food has not been verified,” the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said in a posting on Wednesday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Please do not eat (them).”

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Videos of the toothpicks, a sanitary product, being fried in oil and eaten were going viral, it added.

Food coloring is used to impart a green hue to the toothpicks, made from sweet potato or corn starch, which are seen as being environmentally friendly and biodegradable.

Often used in restaurants in South Korea, they can also be used to pick up finger foods.

A genre of online videos called “Mukbang,” which often show people eating an excessive amount of food or unusual dishes, are popular in South Korea.

“It’s very crispy,” one TikTok user said in a video, while crunching up fried toothpicks.

 

[Deltron]

why the fukk would they want to eat toothpicks

at least with that one about fried ice cubes...it's just water

 

[Remote]

Yeah.
Make fun of my thread about the Jamaican beef patties and baconeggandcheese

But these Asians out here eating fried ice cubes and tooth picks.

Cali has a large Asian population.
You can't tell me these coli brehs aren't out here eating BBQ cardboard, acting like it's a delicacy

 

[jj23]

Somewhere someone is watching this and making notes on the depths of stupidity people are willing to plumb to go viral....
Robert mercer somewhere laughing his ass off.

 

[Roger king]

Growing up as a kid always wanted to see asian countrys like japan, china, south korea, until i grew up and learned about their vicious anti black racism.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

i mean....are they hittin tho?