New Term? “Water-Based Cooking”… Or Is It Just, You Know, Boiling?
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Food News!
If you’re like me, you don’t have time to try the latest cooking trends on social media. But there’s good news! There’s a new one that you may already be doing… if you make mac-and-cheese or spaghetti.
The latest cooking term going viral on TikTok is “water-based cooking.” And it’s basically just what it sounds like.
One video (see above) shows a montage of things being boiled, steamed, and cooked as soups and stews, with the caption, quote, “You started water-based cooking, and now your skin is clear… your stomach is thriving… and you recover from illness overnight.”
And some claim that water-based methods like boiling, blanching, steaming, or poaching can reverse aging. Here’s a lady explaining the positive benefits.
The idea is that this “gentler” cooking style avoids “unhealthy” techniques using oils and high heat… like frying, sautéing, baking, air-frying, and grilling, which is supposedly the worst.
Naturally, cooking with water isn’t groundbreaking. So, people online are having some fun with this.
Some comments include:
“Gen Z discovers soup.”
“What were you cooking before?”
“I can’t wait for the next TikTok trend about ‘fire-based cooking.'”
SOURCE: New York Post
