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

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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.

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

"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 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.

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 think telling people how to properly heat treat their flour is the better approach because people are for sure going to eat things with flour that haven't been cooked. Its better they are safe

Fun fact; as someone who lives on a farm and breeds their own chooks, I end up with an egg surplus at some point every year. I tend to freeze the yolks in batches that I know will make a French custard-base icecream. They definitely do defrost like jelly, but whisked with sugar, they mix and beat like fresh yolks. At least, I always seemed to think they did. 😅 I have been doing it for years now.

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.

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.

Being American I didn't know about fairy bread, but now I feel the overwhelming urge to work it into a fantasy novel where fairies exist but I can't decide if they're insulted or if it can be used in some kind of beneficial way. I love stupid visual puns though...

Honestly, with the "Fairy Bread" thing at the end, I would absolutely LOVE it if there always was a food related Australian fact at the end!

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. ❤

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!

The fairy bread reminded me of a treat my Mom used to make when I was a kid (long, long time ago!). Brown-sugar sandwiches - take a slice of bread, spread on margarine (butter was too expensive back then), sprinkle with brown sugar, then - the most important part - fold in half. Yummy!

American here, but my 4th grade teacher was Aussie. He was on our state aussie football team, and when we had birthdays he would do fairy bread for the students. I had totally forgotten it and this reminded me. Thanks for the memories. ❤

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!

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

You had the cutest expression when you said, "Fairy Bread!"