TLDR Various food myths and debates are put to the test through taste tests and experiments, with surprising results.
Key insights
🍍 The controversial debate on whether pineapple belongs on pizza is settled with a taste test, with two out of three people liking it.
🍔 “Is KFC chicken actually finger licking good? Oh my word.”
🥤 Milk is better at neutralizing spice than water, contrary to popular belief.
🍇 Opening grape juice with a flip-flop actually works!
🥞 “Waffles are better than pancakes. Now we know that’s going to be busted.”
🎈 If you put enough rubber bands around a watermelon, it will explode – confirmed and busted at the same time!
🥕 “There is a nutrient in carrots that makes your eyesight better.
Highlights
🍳 00:00 Debunking food myths with experiments, including cooking eggs in a microwave, testing Popeyes biscuits, and the pineapple on pizza debate.
🍔 01:47 McDonald’s ice cream machine is always broken, Kraft Singles do melt when hot, KFC chicken is not actually “finger licking good,” and putting your tongue to the roof of your mouth does not get rid of a brain freeze.
🍔 02:37 McDonald’s secret menu items, milk doesn’t neutralize spice better than water, and debunking food myths like fruit roll-up length and cutting frozen onions. Expand
🍔 04:19 Matt Stoney tests 100 food myths in 24 hours, including using coke to clean battery acid and the size of drinks at fast food restaurants. Expand
🥛 06:20 Nut milk can be made with sun butter, water, and salt, and eating fat does not necessarily make you fat.
🍓 08:07 Salted strawberries don’t have bugs, male and female peppers taste the same, and there’s a 4 gram difference between a Chipotle bowl and burrito.
👅 09:33 Coca-cola bottle turns into a firework when tapped, rubber bands can make a watermelon explode, and shaking a soda won’t prevent it from spewing.
👀 11:15 Right Twix is not sweeter than left, pepper doesn’t make you sneeze, tying a cherry stem doesn’t make you a better kisser, and there’s no nutrient in carrots that improves eyesight.