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The Hidden Dangers of That “Mini Fried Egg” Frozen Egg Hack

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When it comes to TikTok trends, I would categorize them into three buckets: the ones that are must-tries and new favorites (like feta pasta and the paper towel trick); the ones that are not worth it or don’t work (ahem, pancake spaghetti); and then the ones that are downright dangerous (looking at you avocado water storage). The worst TikTok hacks can range from innocuously unnecessary to genuine food hazards, and the latter is where the newest trend falls.

The ‘hack’ has popped up for over a year on the video-sharing app but is making the rounds yet again, with the latest iteration gaining over 10 million views. The method is always the same: freeze whole eggs in the shell, then cut the frozen egg into slices and fry those in a pan, resulting in mini, kid-sized fried eggs. But be warned—you should not be making these at home, and especially not for kids. Here’s why.

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15 Party Snacks That Look Like You Made an Effort—But Come Together With Just 3 Ingredients

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It happened again: You let time slip by, and now you’re scrambling for a snack to bring to the party or potluck. You could run to the store and pick up something ready-made, or you could pull together a perfectly sharable dish with ingredients you may already have at home. These easy snacks come together quickly and only require three ingredients, max. Whether you make them ahead of time or at the last minute, these simple bites will minimize your time in the kitchen but still impress every guest. Scroll through and get easy recipes for stuffed mushrooms, spinach pinwheels, cookie balls, mozzarella sticks, and more, that take only three ingredients or less.

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An Expert Settles the Debate: This Is Actually the Best Way to Keep Potatoes From Sprouting

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Whether you like them fried, roasted, baked, or made into tots, you probably have at least one favorite potato dish. The USDA says we each eat about 50 pounds of potatoes every year. Not only is the country’s most popular vegetable universally craveable, it’s also packed with quality nutrition, including protein and fiber. Plus, potatoes are inexpensive—you can often get a large 5-pound bag for just a few dollars. 

But if you’re a household of one or two, it can be a challenge to eat all those potatoes before they go bad, no matter how much you like them. That’s why videos of people stashing apples in their bags of potatoes to prevent sprouting have popped up all over social media. But does this trick work? We looked to the science, talked to an expert, and tried it ourselves to find out for you. 

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My Favorite 1-Ingredient Upgrade for the Best Boxed Mac and Cheese

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My entire childhood, my mom made The Dip. Every Super Bowl party, birthday, potluck, you name it–my mom showed up with a bowl of her “famous” dip in tow. It was my favorite thing she made, and I would even request an entire salty, tangy batch for myself on my birthday. So imagine my horror as a preteen, watching my mom prep her famous dip for the first time and realizing it was just Lipton French onion soup mix and sour cream. That’s it. I assumed it included a laundry list of ingredients and required some super special mom-only technique to achieve such deliciousness. It turns out that I just really like French onion soup mix, which never appeared in any recipe in my mom’s arsenal save for The Dip, so I had no idea that was the culprit. 

Once I got to college, I was cooking all my meals by myself for the first time. Armed with a college student’s budget and the knowledge that French onion soup mix makes things delicious, I stumbled upon a creation I still eat more than a decade later: French onion mac and cheese. 

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Chef John’s Trick for Knowing What NOT to Order at Restaurants

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We all know Chef John Mitzewich has superpowers in a restaurant kitchen, but we didn’t know he also has a unique set of skills at the restaurant dining table as well.

In an interview with our favorite cooking personality, we asked the chef for one rare skill he possessed that no one would ever pay him for. His response? “I can look at a restaurant menu and tell which items are made with leftovers and maybe should be avoided,” he shares.

Through his years of restaurant experience, Chef John has developed a keen eye for reading menus that makes him the best person to invite out to eat. But, believe it or not, there’s a trick to this that makes the chef’s secret skill easy to adopt for your own menu hacking. So, if you want to eat by Chef John’s standards (which, don’t we all?), here is the rule to follow.

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