Debunking Fake Viral Cooking Videos | How To Cook That Ann Reardon - Summary

Summary

The video discusses various viral videos and their questionable claims. The host, Ann Reardon, tests and debunks several videos from popular channels such as Blossom and 5-Minute Crafts. She examines claims such as using shaving cream to clean carpet, steaming shirts to remove wrinkles, adding soda to wilted flowers, making Skittles popcorn, and baking a cheesecake in a slow cooker.

Ann Reardon also tests and debunks a video from a channel called "Cool Food Tricks and DIY Hacks" that suggests using a toilet lid as a makeshift table and wrapping plastic wrap around one's face to prevent onion fumes from causing eye irritation.

Additionally, she addresses a viral trend on TikTok where people are claiming that strawberries are infested with bugs, and she explains that it's normal for fruits and vegetables to have some dirt and bugs on them, but they can be washed off.

Throughout the video, Ann Reardon emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and not taking viral videos at face value. She encourages her viewers to think for themselves and to be cautious of videos that seem too good (or bad) to be true.

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1. The video discusses several viral videos and attempts to debunk or test their claims.
2. The first viral video featured a lady throwing her dinner on the floor and then using shaving cream to clean the carpet.
3. The video claims that the shaving cream will magically clean the carpet, but another channel, 5-minute crafts, tested this claim and found it didn't work.
4. The second viral video featured a lady ironing a shirt and then steaming it in the bathroom to make it crease-free.
5. However, the video also showed the shirt magically changing into a completely different shirt.
6. 5-minute crafts tested the steam claim and found it didn't work.
7. The video then moves on to test a claim that adding soda to wilted flowers can revive them.
8. The video tests this claim using different types of soda and finds that only water can revive the flowers.
9. The video also tests a recipe for Skittles popcorn and finds that it doesn't work as claimed.
10. The video then tests a claim that you can make a perfect baked cheesecake in a slow cooker using a specific method.
11. However, the video finds that this method doesn't work and the cheesecake gets stuck to the slow cooker.
12. The video then moves on to test a claim that you can make noodles using a specific method involving eggs and flour.
13. However, the video finds that this method doesn't work and the resulting mixture is not edible.
14. The video then moves on to test a claim that you can make homemade noodles using a pasta machine or a rolling pin.
15. The video finds that this method does work and you can make delicious homemade noodles.
16. The video then discusses a TikTok trend where people are claiming that strawberries are infested with bugs.
17. However, the video finds that this claim is exaggerated and that strawberries are safe to eat as long as you wash them first.
18. The video concludes by thanking its subscribers and patrons for their support and encouraging them to share more videos to debunk or test.