Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Those TikTok Food Crazes

 Can one app dictate what people eat? Yes if it's Tiktok. It's responsible for all sorts of fads, trends and crazes regarding food.Do people follow them? Yes!

It seems everyone is on this app. It's responsible for some of the strangest food crazes lately that everyone is passionately following.One that is super popular now is the pickle sandwich one coming out of New York's Long Island. Back in January a deli called Seven Brothers Gourmet Food market started to sell subs that were not based on bread but pickles!!!! The sandwiches didn't;t blow up until May when a popular food blogger posted her review back in May. She posted a few more videos regarding her love for them and people were curious about this twist on the classic hero. Now a New Jersey deli Elsie's Sub Shop in Red Bank has created their version of this tangy bite.It can be made at home with halving a fat dill pickle , scooping out the guts (save these for snacking or salads) and then filling it with your favorite cold cuts. Seven Birthers has a turkey, cheese and bacon one that people are going mad for. There are two and three hour waits , with lines heading out of the deli and down the block.

What are other TikTok trends? This new Summerween is one. This is where Halloween is stretched out into four days from July 7th to the 11th and all sorts of fun Halloween foods are melded with summer classics. There are TikTok videos that show how to make Jack o lanterns out of watermelons and pineapples with the fruits' insides being turned into fun cocktails and mocktails. Then there's the Jack o lanterns burgers where a pumpkin face is cut out on  a slice of cheese and then placed on a sizzling on the grill burgers. They melt over the meat so the patties sort of look like decorations. Another fun Halloween treat, mummy dogs , hot dogs wrapped in dough strips also were big on Tiktok recently. Then there 's vampire ice, basically shaved ice with cranberry or cherry juice and bloody s'mores where the treats ooze cherry juice.Tiktok has also been respomsible for the Dalgona coffee craze which had coffee lovers whipping their brew into dark brown mousselike peaks and create a zingy French cake using yogurt. It also had followers putting cottage cheese in everything too.

Tiktok is one of the most influential apps in recent history. It really guides people around the world to different food trends.What will the latest trends be? Find out on Tiktok.