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"A barbecue restaurant in southern China has gained immense popularity among women diners by offering 50 spicy bamboo skewers for just 10 yuan (US$1.40).
A food video that went viral on March 21 amassed over 600,000 likes, showcasing a chef from Hunan province grilling bamboo skewers topped with spring onions and chilli powder.
The dish’s creator, identified as Ma, explained that the concept behind these spicy bamboo skewers is for diners to savour the flavours rather than consume the sticks. He designed it specifically for women looking for late-night snacks without the associated calories, stating: “The sticks let female diners enjoy snacks without gaining weight.”"
Ladies. Thoughts?
Also, I believe this article beat the Onion in the food category.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
https://youtu.be/-h8DvCnOASk?si=V96ADxNXNpYO7fza
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
One reason snack food is so unhealthy is because it's overseasoned. The salt content in particular is way too high. In a way, this is worse. Might as well mix salt with MSG and eat it with a spoon.
BryanLaserEpee
"The lady will have an order of flavored sticks" *My body is found several hours later with sticks jabbed through my eyes.*
Ohdearaudrey
This article is slightly misleading. The chef made it as a gimmick to try and go viral, it did and now people come to buy them BECAUSE they are so ridiculous. It isn’t something people are actually seeking out for reasons other than they saw a famous video of it and want to say they had tried it
Boatsntoes
I thought that they just rubbed them on their vagina or something like Japan would.
Boatsntoes
Now I want a refund
BlackTrashTiger
Bamboozled
doppelfisch
Underrated comment of the day!
KevinBhall
masterful
prettydumb
i mean does it taste good
unluckyandbored
Probably, yeah.
LaughingMan2Gig
Who the fuck cares? I mean in a capitalist society if this could sell this in the US I sure companies would be doing so and people would be praising the company for making this a thing. If there is demand then who cares. What's the difference then buying gum for the flavor. I feel such articles are designed to try and make people think China is inferior or something
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FeloniousMonk13
Bro someone serves me a plate of bamboo sticks ima stab them with one of the bamboo sticks
labirmane
China is really regressing when it comes to the treatment of young women. They were doing well for a while, and have taken about 93 steps backwards. Source: Me. I work in a university in China.
tallyhoho
No that's too many calories. Drink water, get a double shot which also is a diuretic, have one tic tac - all common "weight loss" tips I've heard over the years
modi123
So this is just reimagined FunDip?
aShogunNamedMarcus
Wasn't framed a "snack" but cinnamon flavored toothpicks were a thing when I was a kid
unluckyandbored
Yeah, I had a middle school friend who had them all the time. Quite nice, actually.
rjkardo
I remember that they were very popular until one kid got splinters in his gums which led to an infection. His face was all swollen up. That ended their fascination with flavored toothpicks really quickly.
dudehiemer
ElbowDeepInAGoblin
Still are. Mint too.
Zoomoth9000
You get the flavor, but not the calories. No wonder they're popular with women
Odb718
I love bamboo in my thai food so I was disappointed to read the whole story :|
PurpleMoonFlower
What's wrong with a low cal snack? There's a bunch of pearl clutching going on in the comments that's way more sexist than the advertising.
TheBestKindOfCorrect
I mean, I'm a dude, but I kinda like the idea. It's designed as a snack, not a meal replacement. Doesn't seem fundamentally different to me than low calorie popcorn or zero calorie soda or whatever. Could make a great appetizer without filling you up before the meal. I'd just be worried that there's a ton of sodium or something on them so they're not quite as guilt-free as they seem. Or, of course, people actually trying to use them to skip meals.
resworn
Dude it's about shaming women lol
TheBestKindOfCorrect
It just seems far more likely to me that a restaurant owner is trying to bring women in to his establishment than it is a restaurant owner is trying to make the women who spend more money in his establishment feel bad about themselves. Like how the Dr Pepper 10 ad campaign ("it's not for women!") was the result of a study that found way more women drink Diet Dr Pepper than men and an attempt to reach a different demographic, but comes across as horribly sexist.
cantbelievethisisstillavailable
I agree that the idea of having something flavorful with no calories is appealing, but it's somehow not even a snack. It's just the flavor of spring onions and chili grilled on the stick, and you lick it off? Suck on the stick? Chew on it? I have no idea. The chef said they aren't meant to eat the sticks, so it's just a carrier for the flavor, but it's really bizarre. They need to be introduced to popcorn.
TheBestKindOfCorrect
I mean, you could say the same about a popsicle. Or bone marrow. Or chewing gum. Or Fun Dip. Hell, it's not even that different than a chicken wing. I guess I've just had plenty of appetizers that were more about flavor than substance, so taking that a step further doesn't strike me as odd.
Woogyface
you know what? i'll boil some spiced water, collect the fumes and sell it for 14,99 per bottle. there are enough stupid people who would buy that shit.
woozle
is it like that pebble soup? you just suck on it for flavor
schwaulen
Did they reinvent Deez?
Poppypoppoppop
Yep.
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus has never called it pebble before... Or soup.
Trollero
eh?... oh.. OH OOOHHHhhhhh
paeches
pebble/stone soup wasn't to suck on a flavored rock, but to have so much added to it that it becomes a soup regardless of the rock.
PorneliusHubertII
Lol I misread that headline to hilarious confusion. I read "Favoured" as "flavored " and assumed it had something to do with selling bamboo sticks used by women and reused to men.
Sk3tz0
This is like the spicy Grilled ice cube things...
nvrmndrnbw
The vegans gonna love it!
IgnisInvictus
Oh fuck that.
ourari
The pointy ends might hurt, though
IceWeaselX
I hate knowing that there are fetish videos of this.
ElbowDeepInAGoblin
It's called sounding.
IceWeaselX
Heh. The ones I ran across were a step beyond that. Think... person on a roasting spit, but not the typical "spitroast" people associate with sex.
ElbowDeepInAGoblin
Dolcett. You mean Dolcett. (And if not...Google it at your own risk.)
melsinaow9000
So it's the same concept as gum?
landbaronness42
When I was a kid they sold cinnamon toothpicks. Same idea. You suck on it then throw them out. I swear I’m not making this up.
isetprettygirlsonfire
It's like licking your fingers after eating doritos
Goddesahpan
Or licking the fingers of somebody else after they ate doritos
liquinas
but without actually eating doritos
maincarrot
I like the healthy aspect of this, but I feel like I could just drink water and think about doing that lol
PrincessNausicaa
As a lady who is obese because she likes to munch of things when she's working at her computer, I would but these. (Also, I'm very tired and initially read that they were flavoured by women diners and had a bit of a horror scenario going on it my head).
givemepickles
Except unfortunately I foresee a lot of unintended injuries from these. A lot of tiny splinters getting accidentally stuck in the mouth, or worse, swallowed and stuck in throat or stomach.
Chewing on raw dry wood… especially savory wood so they chew it a lot… worse, throw in a few Chinese girls with severe peer pressure to be skinny and some eating disorders, so they’re REALLY over-chewing the bamboo sticks that they “allowed” themselves to “eat” instead of dinner, and…
MrGrundy
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loma45
I don't know?
ThrowingSchadenfreude
Can you repeat the question?
MrGrundy
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Mysocksnevermatch
Same. It would work for the oral fixation but have a little taste.
PrincessNausicaa
I'm not wondering if I should just get some wooden skewers and munch on them.
Mysocksnevermatch
Science it. What could it hurt?
CorvidPrime
I read that as “flavored by women diners”… Thought for a moment they were re-selling the sticks after women ate the food like some strange fetish cafe…
TehRorschach
read the same a few times both screaming internally and somehow going "but asia"
Nocturnalswitch
Don't give them ideas...
MrFancyPanzer
There is an expensive tea in China, attractive women, preferably virgins, pluck the tea leaves with their mouths and deposit them into a container in their cleavage.
CorvidPrime
oldpotatoes
Your name should be CovidPrime
ErectileFunction
Don't let Japan hear you.
CorvidPrime
Look man… What they do or do not put in vending machines is none of my business… Coincidentally:
Lyconous
It is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you.....
CapitalNick
I read it the same way. Several times.
trythebleucheese
They spicy women diners
oldpotatoes
Took me several reads to notice it didn't say "flavored." The picture looked like mold/fungus with visible stink lines, and i was trying to find in the text which set of lips were used to "season" those sticks and how long they had to ferment.
ChaoticGoofy
CorvidPrime
SodomySnake
It doesn't say that they *aren't* doing that.
LeeliaComics
My first thought too honestly
SPQAAE
Same lol
MissIWasntItching
Nothing is off the table, after "Gamer Girl Bathwater"
RatDandy
I read it the same, ngl
youreathing
*add to cart*... uhhh I mean ew, gross, right?
CorvidPrime
MadCatIV
You didn't even go as degenerate as I first thought myself, since I also thought it said flavored by women.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Yeah, I just kept thinking I kind of want to know her if I am going to taste her.
dunkum09
right there with you. i wasn't exactly sure what i thought it meant, but yea, definitely more on the degenerate side
youreathing
Gamer Girl bath water 2.0
CorvidPrime
MadCatIV
Watch me!
CorvidPrime
Watching…