TikTok cooking hacks never cease to amaze, but this cucumber trick for frying eggs is downright bizarre! Can simply rubbing a pan with a slice of cucumber replace oil or butter and make the perfect egg? A viral video by user jana.dvll with over 20 million views claims it can. Allegedly, this trick comes from Italian grandmothers who no longer use oil. But is it really possible or just another internet fad?
Journalist Maddie Pedone from Allrecipes decided to test this unusual trick herself. Using a classic stainless steel pan, known for eggs sticking even with butter, she tried rubbing the pan with cucumber. The result? Disaster! The egg white stuck, the yolk broke while flipping, and the pan was left with stubborn residue that needed scrubbing. The taste of the egg was fine, but it lacked the familiar aroma and flavor of oil. Conclusion? Cucumber might be an interesting experiment, but it can’t replace oil in practice.
Of course, skeptics quickly pointed out that the pan in the viral video had a non-stick coating, which might contribute more to the trick’s success than the cucumber itself. Still, thousands of users tried this trick, showing how ready people are to believe viral cooking tips, no matter how strange.
This case is yet another proof that TikTok can be a source of both culinary innovation and culinary disasters. If you ever wondered if you can fry eggs without oil, now you know – not really with cucumber. But hey, maybe it’s time to try something else? Or drop your own cooking fails and wins in the comments. Who knows, maybe your trick will be the next viral hit!
