South Korea urges people not to eat fried toothpicks
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2024
- #SouthKorea is urging people not to eat fried #toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after videos of the practice were widely shared on #socialmedia.
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Maybe South Korea is more like the US than I thought
Who would of thought we’d wear off on South Korea
It's way worse in terms of economic inequality
A literal cyberpunk dystopia
I mean without the US their is no South Korea
South Korea is the US turned up to 11. It’s insane how obsessed they are with looks, celebrities, trends, and consumerism
We literally created south korea
If you didn’t label it as toothpicks, I would have thought those were parasite worms
I still low key think those are
I agree ... toothpicks would neverwoos. Any movement, especially if they were made of wood. 🤔
RIGHT??!!
Me too!!!
These toothpicks might be made of plastic.
Me in 1990: "2024 we will have flying cars and no cancer."
2024: Don't eat fried tooth pick."
😂😂😂
Omg relatable 😪
Ever easygoing the show 'Beyond 2000'?
No they wanna milk us more! We should had had iPhones and WiFi in the 50’s ,60s tops!
Facts
Yep thats enough internet for me today
Right 😂😂😂
😂fr I said the same thing,
😭😭😭
😂😂😂😂 facts
😂😂😂
They've yet to discover the secret sauce... Tide pods.
😂
Or chocolate q tips
And don’t forget the bleach! 😂😂
😂😅😂
@@ktnkbdle278is that you Trump?
The fact we have to “urge people not to eat fried toothpicks” should scare everyone
The human average IQ has been steadily going down by almost 7 points a decade for the past 7 decades now....we arent getting smarter we are literally turning into Neanderthals again. Have you ever heard of the sink tank experiment with mice? They made a utopia for mice and they all became stupid and crazy and I think humans are doing the same thing to ourselves. Wev created a world where things are so easy and accessible we are becoming dumb and crazy. I know I'm right but no one wants to listen.
I mean I’ve literally seen a sign at a South Korean restaurant telling people not to defecate at the dinner table… So this doesn’t surprise me.
This reminds me of Trump "bleach". The company came out to did the same "Don't drink bleach". I think few people. 😮😮😮
You’d be surprised how many of your kids eating fried toothpicks just because they saw it online
Are those literal toothpicks?🥴
Seriously, when did the common sense bar drop this low?
Are we progressing or regressing?!
Social media
This is called PICA!!! Are people really this stupid???
All about money now days
social media
Why in the world is this even a thing? Don't people know, it's not ok to chew, eat, swallow forms of plastic.
I thought they are dyed wood
@@sis.dlightfull8040 I thought they were made of wood. You can get them in plastic but they would melt from the heat when cooking it. This is so stupid to even talk about eating toothpicks
@sis.dlightfull8040 it's not wood or plastic in this case. They are made of starch. That's why it's able to puff up like that
@@elisasancho600- I haven't been to Korea is many years. They had some incredible food, but I know that most parts of Asia eat things that we so called Westerners would never..
@elisasancho600 Sadly, people who mindlessly follow trends aren't going to bother differentiating between these starch-based toothpicks & the wooden ones we usually have in the US (until they wonder why they don't fry up the same way). We should make Critical Thinking training mandatory for anyone who spends more than 4hrs./day online. 😅
Im South Korean and I can assure you that we dont normaly do this. Instead, we deep fry calculators with shredded math books on top.
Absolutely delicious 😊
As you should sounds like well rounded meal if you ask me 😂😂
😂😂😂😂
The secret of Asians being good at maths
I thought that was traditional y did u guys switch to toothpicks I thought that was a Philippino dish😂
This generations brains are so fried☠️☠️☠️🤦🏽♂️
😂😂😂😂😂
Its so bad in South Korea they are eating tooth picks they are better off in the North.
@@WinWin-oo4ukeven north koreans eat better than this
Didn’t boomers all eat and drink lead? It’s also not this generation it’s all generations, look at dumb old people who can’t understand misinformation or disinformation online.
@@WinWin-oo4ukand they say their the superior race in all of Asia....
The fact that this is a thing is concerning. People are really dumb.
Or maybe just starving 😢
It's less harmful than eating McDonald's reconstituted french fries which have more additives. These toothpicks are made from corn starch with a food colouring, sans additives. You fry and add your own. 😂
Looks like frozen zucchini spears to me.
@@Zerpentsa6598thanks, I was wondering what they were made of🤔......but still, yuck!
@@Zerpentsa6598so, to summarize, you say eat toothpicks, but don't eat McDonald's? Well heck you just advertised FOR eating McDonald's lol. At least it's food, toothpicks aren't.
Why would anyone eat toothpicks?
Because they don't have any food to eat
Likes and clout on
the 'gram.
@@richardlincoln8438 what is that supposed to mean. Clout and gram. Gram of what?
@@fredakurzbard4316
Note the apostrophe ... 'gram......
Fiber?
i remember a time when we thought plastics were in the noodles. now we just eat the plastic with seasoning
They are made from starch to be biodegradable. Not plastic.
Man how the times have changed aye
Read the video description. People need to research before assuming.
Made from starch,sweet potato, and green food coloring.
Of there made from swear potatoes why doesn't south Korea want people to eat em, maybe we should shi
Nah at this point it’s just natural selection
Exactly.
Mm yum yum in tum tum.
😂😂 yep
Dumb dumb can keep your gum gum
💯💯💯
The warning continues “but do sell it on the streets to foreigners as local cuisine”
Lol
Yes 🙏 they do😢
What,???? Is that’s true?????
@@angelanderson9515 I hope not. I was just making a silly joke
They will in china , it looks like some kind of bamboo shoots
Is there a chip shortage or what? Fry a fkn potato, a turnip, a parsnip…rutabaga even
These are made of starch… but definitely NOT food grade 😂
That's what I figured 😂😂😂
Exactly like a lot of plastic bags
Well you can eat packing peanuts. But like what is the point? They’re just eating fried starch.
so i put that in my mouth and its not food grade? I understand im not eating it but it should still be food grade if its going in my mouth
@@austinadams3400food grade meaning not approved by (In the US at least) the FDA
Korean toothpicks are NOT made out of wood! It is made of corn or potato starch!
Why is it that the western media doesn’t bother to explain that???? Despite the fact that it is made of starch, it is not known what happens to it when fried -hence the advisory! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
SssHHHHHHHhhh you're ruining the fake outrage.
Because western media does nothing but lie to its people.
-An American
Also, weather way, terrible for ya
That really does look like cheap plastic toothpicks. It doesn't help that plastic expands under heat
@FckSht-gn4py it's tapioca starch which is the same as Prawn Crackers.
Ah, good old social media. We could ask for help, raise money for a cause, maintain relationships, and teach each other how to be stupid.
With a side of Nyquil chicken and dessert of Tide pods how can you go wrong?
Nyquil Chicken rocks! Like General Tso but a more sedate flavor
@@stephenmarcus9601 I'm afraid to ask _how do you know,_ so I won't. 😂❤ If I DID ask, I would follow with _did you have a terrible stomach ache afterwards_ , but I won't ask that either.
Korean toothpicks are made of corn starch! They're not eating plastic
Thanks for sharing. Never knew.
I sure hope that’s the truth!😂
Who said plastic?? toothpicks are wood
Traditional Korean toothpicks, known as "chopsticks," are typically made from wood or bamboo, not corn starch. However, there are some modern eco-friendly toothpicks made from materials like corn starch, but they may not be specific to Korean culture.
@@DeathnoteBB What wood is translucent green, please
Ban fried toothpicks. And only allow baked toothpicks for consumption. Or boiled toothpicks.
Toothpicks dont pick teeth, people do!
Stewed, 6 hours minimum
With veggie sauce. 😂
I lost 30kg by swapping to boiled toothpicks
Roasted plastic is on the rise, but only if it's green
YOU CANT FIX STUPID!!!
No but you can buy it the 24 Family Pack of Fried and Cheese Seasoned Toothpicks.
South Korean tide pods
We should stop trying to prevent people from being dumb.
Natural selection in this case would not apply to them because anyone with a brain and some chemistry knowledge knows petroleum based products like plastic do not expand when fried or melted. These are made from the same material used in Prawn Crackers.
@@EzraMerryup but I do agree with OPs sentiment for not saving stupid people from their stupidity. Just seems like the ethical thing to do
The reason we try to prevent people from being dumb is so that we don't have to use resources to save them once they have done something dumb.
@@thelolrus7491 Makes sense. People should be less empathetic tbh
thats the biggest part of the problem tbh. idiots rely on other peoples money and resources too often. if they simply werent given special treatment maybe it would force people to at least attempt to use their brains. instead weve gotten into this auto pilot state of mind.@@thelolrus7491
Don’t stop them, let them live their lives
You were definitely dropped as a kid
there infringing on there rights!! Trump 2024!!!
@@veronicamz123do you not realise this is sarcasm - if they eat them they will find out why it’s not a good idea themselves
"Short lives"
If they wanna be stupid AF let natural selection take it's course@@veronicamz123
How did this even become a trend
I’m in pure disbelief that this has to be a warning ⚠️ 🤦🏽♀️
They're "toothpicks" but made of noodles. It's been around for years.
😂no them they were plastic
@@Jkarl74they were made of starch? (the ones in the video)
those fry like fryums do
@@drakedevalcourt2333 😂 thought the same thing!
oh OK. so this a joke?
Look up South Korean toothpicks. They are made from corn or potato starch and sorbitol, a fruit sugar alcohol. Green food coloring is often added. They are meant to be biodegradable not exactly ingested. They dont have wood toothpicks there like the US. This is mostly from popular "muckbang"videos which is nothing like tide pods challenge 🤦🤷
they KNOW they’re made from Starch. But the SK Food & Drug Admin is still telling people NOT to consume them bcus they are made to be Biodegradable, NOT Injested, & have NOT been tested for Food Safety.
I assumed pine needle from the video to be honest, but yeah I've seen noodle based toothpicks out as a wildlife safety measure
You do know wood is biodegradable
@@HauntedPlays wood might be biodegradable, but animals like birds and squirrels die from swallowing them accidentally all the time when using them to make nests or if they mistake them for a worm. Biodegradable doesn't mean safe for wildlife.
Westerners are freaking out, they never seen kerupuk cus they don't have it, westerners call it "shrimp cracker" bruh it ain't no cracker its not a biscuit 😂
They are REALLY trying to take ppl out😮😮😮
I told everybody that Idiocracy was a documentary and not a comedy
Just because they aren't made out of plastic doesn't mean there isn't cancer causing materials in the toothpicks. Some people.
These are Korean toothpicks, they are made from starch but the danger is probably from the green food coloring used. These toothpicks were not meant for consumption
They’re starch, exact same as prawn crackers
Corn starch toothpicks are edible bud. Do your research
@AnthonysMeat found this in a quick 1 minute search.“Starch toothpicks are not edible products. Their safety as food has not been verified,” the ministry said, adding: “Please do not eat them.” The story has sparked widespread public response in China.Jan 31, 2024. Not saying they are not edible, but I can see the confusion if there are articles like this online.
Cancer causing crap in all food in the US
Stupidity has no regional boundaries.
They are made from corn/potato starch and sorbitol. 100% edible
@@experienceofchris1108do you eat paper cups too?
@@morningfox_ IQ for education has nothing to do with IQ in the real world. Actual idiotic statement.
@@breez1065 paper made from wood and “toothpicks” made from potato and cornstarch and sorbitol(sugar alchohol) are two wayyyy different things. Those toothpicks are essentially the same as a noodle. Paper isn’t made from something edible….
They are actually nice and nutritious, but can cause problems if come out sideways 😊if not cooked properly
Social media is making some people really senseless.
This is something I’d expect the US government to have to tell people not another country
They don't want to be responsible for starting something because the American people are dumb and won't actually research what the toothpicks are made of we'll just go into our cupboard and grab regular toothpicks.
I’ve never once thought to eat fried toothpicks, until this tutorial
Lol
Are your toothpicks made from oil like theirs? Like corn or palm oil? I would only do this if starving for real
@@user-je6xu9em8f just chew on flossing plastic sticks
yummy
😅exactly
I don't even think those are toothpicks. I think they're trying to make it look like they are. People are dumb these days if they are eating toothpicks.
They are and people are dumb these days.
It’s a tooth pick, just made out of different material than we use, which is wood.
Looks like spaghetti
They are eco friendly vegetables based BUT still advised not to eat them!!
Us Mexicans, use them to hold together tortillas when making tacos and frying them. They do not do that. Let nature weed out the darwins
Why eat fried toothpick? Gross.
That's plastic popping, and who tf even encouraged people to eat this 🤦
Let’s actually just remove all warning labels and let nature take its course.
So the act of teaching people younger then you how to survive isn’t apart of nature like u can’t find any examples
@@facecheap5159 if you can’t get the sarcasm that’s on you bud. Don’t take everything so personal.
bruh its made from potato starch
Indeed
@@WSH3TM and micro plastics
As a black American, I must admit the struggle ain't neva been this bad😂😂
Just keep washing your chicken bro lol
@McYeroc yessir I don't like the weird slime that comes on the chicken. I can taste it if it ain't washed😂
@@JesepiSan you can pat that off with kitchen towel and put it in the bin, rather than contaminating your whole washing area when you wash any kind of meat.
@McYeroc that's y u have soap n clorox my g I've been washing it forever n never got salmonella. It doesn't take long to clean at all and by that logic u shouldn't have to wash ur hands after handling the chicken u can just pat ur hands dry with a paper towel and throw it in the bin🫥doesn't get rid of it
Soaking chicken in lemon water helps peel the slime off. Adds flavor too. (A fresh lemon slice)
They spelt "BOO" Did anyone else see that?😂
People are getting dumber
I lost hope for humanity when people sued mcdonalds because of their own fat habits and actually won.
Wait What really
Only in America
The coffee thing had me. What idiots put a cup of coffee between their legs.
When was that? In 2003 McDonald's was sued for obesity related issues but the judge threw it out and said no restaurant is responsible for someone's obesity. I can't find anything where someone won that argument.
It was ONE man and he was obese. He sued McDonalds over using beef tallow in the food and he went onto the Oprah Winfrey show, which was a huge audience at the time. He won his lawsuit and people (probably the parents of today's Green Party members😂) freaked out and said that animal fats were killing people.
Now, thanks to that fat a$$ who passed away decades ago, we have slimy, soy bean tasting fries. AND they have since begun to do studies which show that the real danger is SEED OIL. As in, toxic.
So one man who couldn't keep a fork out of his mouth ruined McDonald's iconic fries and we now know exposed all of us to a much worse oil.
Joe Rogan did a nice expose on seed oils. Do yourself a favor and ditch the veg oil and pick up some beef tallow or duck fat. Tastes worlds better and is, in fact, much safer.
Mom “we have food at home”
*the food at home*
😅😅
😂😂😂
I don’t care how hot the grease is…a wooden toothpick IS NOT going to instantly curl!
Nobody eats toothpicks in South Korea. What kind of crap is this??
People will do anything for attention 😔
Folks just be throwing stuff on social media for clicks and of course people are going to click because it's interesting and we wanna know. 😢
It's a meme, people are dumb enough to think that people actually do this. Maybe some are dumb enough to, but not the person posting it as a meme.
I don’t know what’s worse the fact that these trends keep getting stupider by the minute, or the fact that there is always one person who starts it yet we never see who it is
Maybe because they're not with us anymore
....WHAT!..."NO CHICK FIL-A SAUCE"??
This thing showed up while I searched “Blackrock and Thomas crooks” 😂😂😂😂
whats really sad is the Dunning Kruger going on in the comments. its not plastic people. and nobody was eating tidepods or doing the momo challenge or wearing colored bracelets as s3x codes. chill
Cellulose is added to processed foods. Cellulose is derived from sawdust or cotton lint.
or belly-button lint in a pinch...
We'll make food affordable again
Idiocracy was supposed to be a warning, not a manual
This toothpick is not plastic, its made of edible stuff but still koreans company warned to use it as edibles..
I say let natural selection sort it out!
Well it ain't sorting fast enough..
Darwin awards incoming! 😂
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Took me a moment to realize it was actual toothpicks, i thought because of the color that they were a type of vegetable 💀
It’s made of starch but it’s not food grade
I thought the same too! 😂
U.S. cheese's, the sliced, individually wrapped, (Velveeta) cheeses are 1/4 of a molecule away from being just as plastic as those tooth picks. F.Y.I
looks like the age old “you are the reason shampoo bottles have instructions” has really started to need a modern replacement
When society has resorted to frying toothpicks and covering them with cheese powder, we have a problem.
Caught off guard seems more like a warning for us Americans 🤣
This reminds me of an alien romance where the alien was telling the human woman how great sandworms, which are cooked alive, are.
I ain't eating nothing from South Korea period!😂😂😂
These toothpicks are made of starch but I don’t know how it is green, maybe a dye. Just don’t eat them you don’t know what else can be in there.
Exactly! They KNOW they’re made from Starch. But the SK Food & Drug Admin is still telling people NOT to consume them bcus they are made to be Biodegradable, NOT Injested, & have NOT been tested for Food Safety.
It uses green food coloring
it made of starch but it scare me when it look transparent. as a person who not live at SKorea, i didnt want to fry and eat it. who knows suddenly i got stomach cancer or organ failure 😅
Don't do it!!
Shows us exactly how to do it.
Toothpicks have never looked so enticing, now I want to eat toothpicks. 😂😂
This is the American diet😂😂😂😂
Can’t be any worse than hot Cheetos. 😂
Aww c'mon 😁
How dare you. Hot cheetos were my go-to as a kid
Literally read this after eating hot Cheetos😭 they’re so good I can’t help it
@@zaggaonayeah now you have no stomach lining.
It's literally plastic it's definitely worst💀
Listen.... 2 words... "natural selection" 😂😂
These are the same people who will eat an entire plate of free onions and relish from Costco’s hot foods stand.
These toothpicks aren’t plastic or wood, they’re made out of corn starch, a sweetener, and food coloring. They won’t hurt you anymore than eating a tortilla chip.
I would put this in the fridge at work. It's for who ever keeps stealing my lunch :)
So if they eat the toothpicks , what will they use to pick their teeth after.
I acknowledge your curiosity 😂
You tell us, Mr dentist. 😊
they will use other toothpick...it is an endless cycle till shops run out of toothpicks
More toothpicks. Then they will sit back and relax on their toothpick couch in their toothpick home
Food
What do you wanna bet these are really just toothpick shaped versions of those colorful prawn chips and it went viral. 😂
How poor are you?
"I'm eating fried toothpicks" 😭
Everyone who thought you could deep fry wood and it would puff up like this 💀
Toothpicks in South Korea are made out of starch, not wood
That's what I was thinking. I was definitely gonna try it.
I thought those were vegetable version of shrimp chips. I'm talking about the one you have to deep fry in oil at home, not ready to eat to in the snack aisle. If you know, then you know.
Yeah I thought the same thing. Like frying guitar picks with the oil- go pop shrimp chips
They're corn starch, so more like the crisp lacy ruffles on your pan fried dumplings
Wait youre supposed fry them? Oops
South Korea has succesfully westernized
If those are toothpicks, they're made of seaweed.
What are Korean fried toothpicks made of? (answer below)
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.
They were still recommending that people should not consume them.
Ahhh,wood
Processed with industrial chemicals and machinery that were not designed to be food safe
@@leeamoses324Starch biodegrades even faster than wood. Its because Korea has a special government food waste management program where they turn it into compost and wood toothpicks get in the way.
Finalement c'est pas si con. Merci pour cette démystification.
I still can't believe I live in a world where we have to warn or urge people to not do something like that.
Mfs either ran out of rice or found a cheaper solution to deprive their bodies of nutrients I mean survive
Did anyone else see them from the word Boo?
Theyre neglecting to add that toothpicks over there are made from starch (like corn and potato starch) instead of wood like we have over here 🙄
Honestly, if you tried frying a wood toothpick, would it even curl up like that?
North Korea be like: eat more toothpicks
Those aren't toothpicks. They're clear. Look more like noodles and thats what deep fried noodle looks like
This is why aliens don't talk to us.
This title I want tattooed on my back. That's the most hilarious title I've seen in years.
Those look like they're probably made from something that's edible
Tide pods, nyquil chicken, now this 😂😂
So they actually had to urge people not to do this? Now I’m questioning what toothpicks are made of.
You would think it would be North Koreans doing this😂
we wouldn't know if they were 🤷♀️
Who says they not out there scribbling notes 📝
They are not that Dumb. Sugar in every type of food that "civilized" western country have destroys brain.
@@NoIDontActuallyLiveInSeattleNorth Koreans can't take notes because they can't view most of the internet.
You have to be kidding if anybody in their right mind would do this
When you're hungry you'll do things you normally wouldn't there are people in Africa who are eating mud pies to stay alive they basically just mix in oil and salt with dirt so they can get the minerals into their body so they don't pass away
They are made from corn/potato starch and sorbitol. 100% edible
Does plastic puff up like that it melts with heat not expand with it
They’re trying to reach level 100 of stupidity.
Why would anyone want to eat fried toothpicks,hmmm😢😢😢
You guys can't stop me from eating fried toothpicks, Tide pods, soap, cattail, and dessicant 😂😂😂
Why do ppl call them toothpicks those look nothing like toothpicks
because they are toothpicks
@@grzyb11 what are their toothpicks made of? chicharrones? 🤣😂🤣
Why show everyone how to do it is very more difficult for me to understand.
More nutrition than Cheetos and Twinkies.😂😂😂