A father said he and his daughters were devastated when he was stopped at a South Florida airport where he was accused of human trafficking and questioned in.
A father said he and his daughters were devastated when he was stopped at a South Florida airport where he was accused of human trafficking and questioned in.
Experts have warned against a dangerous trend circulating on TikTok of deep frying water, which they say could lead to fiery explosions.
The pointless trend involves combining water with calcium alginate to form a sphere of water, before coating it in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and dropping it into a fryer.
But if the calcium alginate membrane splits and the water leaks into the hot oil, it could give explosive results that could cause a gruesome injury.
Footage posted by TikTok user @trendychef shows the various stages of preparing deep fried water – which has little taste or nutritional value.
Dr Christopher Cramer, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, called the trend somewhere between insane and suicidal .