Debunking Jolly Rancher cotton candy, deep-fried frozen eggs, heat treated flour ... | Ann Reardon

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Imagining some kid inhaling with candy in the straw is ruining my evening.

The "cotton candy" one is perfectly fine as long as these conditions are met: 1. You don't use a plastic straw. 2. You're not a child. 3. You don't do it.

The fact that the gent doing a piss-take on fake food hacks managed to accidentally stumble across something plausible, if impractical, was honestly the kind of wholesome balm I needed after imagining all of the ways another molten sugar debacle could go wrong.

I love how she actually RE-bunked the rice in the air-fryer.

I get so upset when I see videos like that "cotton candy" one. For starters, it's not even cotton candy, lol. But also ... the number of people (and kids, specifically) who probably burn or injure themselves doing these terrible 'hacks.' It's really sad that the content creators care so little for the people giving them money that they won't even put any type of safety warning on the screen.

I know it's unlikely you'll see this personally Ann, but I felt it was worth saying - I had to give up working as a chef due to ill health after many years. I've also seen the majority of my family pass away for various reasons in the last 10 years. I'm not unhappy, but I am a bit lonely and I miss family life. Your videos really cheer me up. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family and your lovely caring attitude. This old chef's day is a bit brighter every time I see one of your videos. Thank you from the Northwest UK.

Re the egg one - you can see when they peel the frozen eggs that they’ve been shaken up so the white and yolk have mixed, golden egg style. Then at the end it’s magically back to an egg with separate white and yolk, perfectly cooked!

One note about the rice: not all countries do this, but some do, so check your package of rice and look to see if its ENRICHED rice. Most rice does in fact need to be rinsed. It removes potentially harmful residue, insect parts, or other detritus as well as that excess starch that can make rice unpleasant to eat. Enriched rice however tends to be pre-rinsed, has had mineral/vitamin powder added to it, and then is typically sealed in airtight packaging (whereas many rices are sold in sacks that are not air tight, to prevent moisture from ruining them). This distinction isnt a huge deal if you have a balanced diet, but there is no reason to spend the money on enriched rice if youre going to rinse said minerals and vitamin enrichment off of the rice. It also helps maintain nutrition when you have limited access to nutritious foods or dont engage with a balanced diet (ie, if you are too poor). The existence of enriched rice has confused many Americans when it comes to rice preparation since that rice does not need to be rinsed and was quite popular for a long time here, and also due to the popular rise of instant rice here. I understand that to many people in other countries not washing your rice would be unthinkable, and I absolutely dont expect anything different, but I do think that the context here is an important disclaimer to make so that 1: people know to wash rice before cooking it and 2: people know to NOT rinse their enriched rice and why. Always check your packaging and read the cooking instructions provided with the product you buy! (even if you dont plan to follow them, know what the manufacturer intends)

The fairy bread part was so wholesome, I love how your exclamation of 'Fairy Bread!' proved it was a nostalgic Australian snack before he said it. ❤

That subtle, but furious, look when the guy said 'you don't need to rinse the rice'. It made me giggle.

A lot of youtubers could learn from this channel, just start the video straight away, no lengthy intro nonsense. It is so refreshing!

"it's for kids' parties, you don't just usually eat it as a snack!" cut to me, 30 years old, hunkered down over my midnight fairy bread like a goblin in the corner of my kitchen, lit only by the half open fridge

I worked as a cook for many years, one day we decided to challenge ourselves by figuring out how to deep fry and egg without exploding it AND keeping the yolk runny. Keep in mind this was in a professional kitchen with safety gear present by experienced cooks. We stared by soft poaching the eggs, then freeze for 30 minutes just to firm up the outside, then we breaded it using egg and bread crumbs twice. Then we froze again for another 30 minutes. Deepfry it for 2 or 3 minutes until crispy. It came out with a crispy breading and soft inside. We served it on eggs benedict which was fantastic! An alternative way to do this could also be to boil the egg instead of poaching, just remember to peel off the egg shells before breading it.

When I first saw the title, I was thinking "Yes, Jolly Ranchers can be used to make cotton candy" but then I did not expect to see the method in the video. That's some 5-minute crafts levels of dangerous! Once again, I am glad to see your videos, thank you for keeping people safe!

The eColi story was interesting to me especially. At 18 months I developed HUS, haemolytic uremic syndrome. I was on dialysis for 10 days and needed 2 full blood transfusions. Today I have 80% usage over both and high blood pressure, part of the exceedingly lucky 5% who escaped HUS without need for permanent dialysis or transplant. The doctors said it would have developed from eColi poisoning but no one could work out how. My Mum and grandma like/liked to bake so now I wonder if we just got a very very unlucky bag of flour. This would have been the late 80s so impossible to know now but it makes more sense than the other options that have been suggested over the years.

Ann's face of bemusement while the egg "hack" played was just perfect, lol

All Im saying about Fairy Bread is the last family party we had it at, it wasn't the kids fighting over the last piece.

„Its like eating glad wrap […] and it’s really good“ was not a sentence I expected to hear today 😆

I love Ann debunking these and dishing out warnings/facts so much but I can't understate how much I adore Dave and the kids trying out these 'hacks' afterwards. Such characters.