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I accept those videos directly into my heart. So when we saw a bunch of TikToks showing crazy food storage hacks that were meant to keep our food fresh for longer, we decided we’d have to put them to the test to figure out what’s real. And then eventually put it on TikTok ourselves? Okay, yeah. It’s time for Back in My Day, Food Was Only Stored in Your Belly. So What’s Up With All These New Fangled Hacks? ((Music)) – [Stevie] Okay boys, let’s get into our first one. Check out this storage hack we found on Instagram. – [Man] If you buy too much watermelon and can’t finish it, don’t leave it directly in the fridge as it could breed bacteria. Okay. Instead, prepare two fresh garlic cloves and place them on both sides of the watermelon. Cover with plastic wrap and place the watermelon in the fridge. It’ll stay fresh for days. What? Okay. ((Laughing)) We’ll have to put this to the test. There’s only one way to find out if this actually works. So that’s a new voice that you can choose that I haven’t heard yet. – [Stevie] Is it? I don’t think so. I think that’s just the way the guy talks. If you were his friend, hey, man, what are you doing tonight? I would definitely be his friend. – [Stevie] Okay, so, we’ve stored the watermelon both ways with this hack and just, you know, how you normally do it. So go ahead and uncloche your watermelons underneath there. And, you know, take a look, discuss, take a taste. Well, this one’s a lot redder than this one. Well, I’ll tell you one thing. I smelled garlic when I opened one of them. Can I, I mean. I smelled garlic. And I don’t know. I didn’t smell garlic. Must have been on the fresher side. Oh, it’s on the, oh, yeah. I don’t smell it. Well, it’s dissipating. I don’t have a good smell. You don’t smell it anymore? I smelled it a lot at first, and a little bit the second time, and then the third time. Nope. So, that’s okay. Now that you can’t smell it. I’m just gonna take a little bit right out of the middle. I’m going to spoon out the watermelon. Oh. I just tasted a part where the garlic was just sitting right there on it. I tasted garlic. I got a non-garlicky part. Tastes like right there. See if you can taste garlic. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It was sitting right there. But the thing is that you get that out of the way. You want to get that out of the way. So I’m going to get that out of the way by going like that and then I’m going to go down here. I mean what I will say is it’s definitely redder. I still taste garlic, dude. I think what you do is you garlic it and then you cut the top off. And you play frisbee with that for a while. Let’s go play frisbee! But hold on, maybe this is the one. I need to be more active! That had garlic on it. I’ve been playing frisbee with pieces of watermelon! Yeah? Wouldn’t it be funny if that one never had garlic touch it? I’ve lowered my blood pressure! See, now once, once you get through this, like, dried out. It’s kinda ugly. Top of the watermelon. Oh, it’s milly. Mealy? This is a compromised watermelon. It’s not nearly as good. So. I had trouble believing this, but it’s definitely working. I definitely believe you put garlic on it. How many days was this, Stevie? – [Stevie] 12 days. Dang. The weird thing is, and I don’t know how this affects the reveal, but the one that you keep tasting garlic on That you’re so excited about. Production is 99.9 percent sure that, that’s not the storage hack one. Guys. No, guys. ((Laughing)) Y’all got them mixed up. You got them mixed up. I mean. I’m 100 percent sure. There ain’t a way we’re wrong about this. I smell garlic, I taste the garlic, it’s fresher. Yeah. We’ve not only proven. That the hack is right, but we also proved that y’all mixed them up. I mean, garlic on watermelon is – [Both] Hackin’ ((Music)) – [Stevie] Okay, let’s take a look at our next hack. Want to know the secret for the absolute best way to store tomatoes? No, who cares? Use whatever type of tape you have. It’ll work for this hack. What? It’s been ten days. Did she just tape the top? What? Oh, those look good. Some olive oil and some salt and pepper. It looks like a tomato. Yeah, but it doesn’t, I mean, I don’t understand how this would work. Maybe all the bad gets in through the top. Here’s the thing that she didn’t do that we are gonna do, because we think hard about content. Scientifically. And it’s like, you know what, it’s been ten days. It’s like, why do I believe you at The Kitchn? You don’t even know how to spell kitchen. Oh, well, well. You know, it’s like, do one tomato without the tape, and do one with the tape, and then show them both. Well, it’s not the science kitchen, it’s just The Kitchn. If you believe in what you’re doing. – [Stevie] Well, with that, please uncloche. We’ve done it. We’ve shown you how to do it. – [Stevie] Were left for 13 days. Okay, now, Link, I know you don’t like tomatoes, so I could just take one for the team here, and just eat them like an apple. No, you know what? Or I could cut them. If I’m gonna give The Kitchn grief, then I’m gonna sit here and I’m gonna do my job, too. But question, first of all. Now, hers had a green thing on top. Question everything, man. So, ours didn’t have a green, the green thing on top. – [Stevie] We’ve removed all evidence. of the hack. So this is truly blind. It even looks like you kind of polished away where maybe we would have seen a residue of the tape. Is that what you’re saying? Was it Scotch? Not a sponsor. Was it Scotch? – [Stevie] It was. It was Scotch. Okay, look at that. So. Okay. Well, you might, we have two, so you might as well Save it for, I might eat that one like an apple. I don’t want to get, I don’t want us to get confused here. Alright, so the one in front, closer to you, further from us. Is. And did we do ten days too? I didn’t hear that. – [Stevie] Thirteen. And listen to this. Okay, so let’s put these back. I see no vis, we’ll leave it there just to get a total close comparison. No difference. I see no difference at all visually. Okay, I’m gonna eat this one for, well. It’s, a tomato is really like a. A gift from the Gods? It’s like a, especially when you do this, it’s like a slimy, bloody, internal organ. I do prefer salt and pepper on my “maters”. Why is it so, what it is? You know? This one. That one’s tangy. is a little bit better than that one. But I don’t know if it’s just a, it’s a, if it’s a freshness thing, or if it’s just this, you know. Tomatoes, they tend to be, somewhat variable. I feel like because I don’t like them, I’m in a a good position to be extra sensitive to the differences. The flavor in this one is more flavorful. This one right here is more flavorful. The flavor in. Undeniable. In this one is more flavorful than this one. It’s undeniable. This one tastes more tomato-y. I would say it’s, yeah, it’s nastier. Okay. It’s tangier. Tangier. It’s more abhorrent. It’s everything that you like about ketchup, just straight from the fruit. And we’re saying this is the taped one then. I’m saying that this is, this one’s better. I don’t know if it’s the taped, I need to be told, but this is better. – [Stevie] The food hacked storage tomatoes. Is more on Rhett’s side. See? There you go. Scotch. Scotch does it again. Two for two. At the kitchen. – [Stevie] The reason is, it’s supposed to work is because the tape creates a barrier that prevents moisture loss. Not really buying that, but, well, it is the spot. I do think it might be a little bit moisture-ish. But it’s I mean, it did impact the taste. So, there you go. I’d say the hacks are two for two because tape on tomatoes is -[Both] Hackin’ ((Music)) – [Stevie] Let’s check out the next TikTok. Here’s a quick hack so that your milk lasts past its expiration date. No! You put about a half a teaspoon of salt in your milk. No, no, no, no! Put it back in the fridge and you’re good to go. Salty milk? Why, though? Why, though? I mean, she’s whispering because I don’t think she wants anybody to hear her. She put salt in the milk. Scandalous. She put salt in the milk. – [Stevie] Yeah, they put salt in expired milk. Oh! Reveal your milks. They both have been expired for five days. Oh gosh, I’m a little afraid. – [Stevie] One we put salt in and one we didn’t. So you can resurrect milk with salt? The thing that wasn’t clear from her video was that it seemed like she didn’t, she didn’t add the salt until after the expiration date. – [Stevie] I mean, or like on it, basically. Not when she bought the new milk and make it last past the expiration date, which might be two weeks from now. – [Stevie] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, this milk is expired. Just smell. Well, it might just be the top milk. Well, let’s find out. I’m gonna get some. You’re the one who taught me about top milk. I’m gonna get some. Back in college, I’d be like, oh my god, this is expired. Rhett was like, no. Just the top is expired. So you pour that out, and then you start pouring the rest. I’ve never said anything like that. Yes, you did! No, I didn’t. And I’m gonna take it when. I think maybe what I meant was. It’s the top milk! The milk that gets dried at the top. Okay, maybe that. Not the top layer of milk. Yeah, you think that the top of the milk container. And then you gotta go through it. You gotta go through it. You gotta dig deep. Dink it. Yeah, it smells fine. That milk’s fine. It’s got a little tang. It’s good. A little tang, but not too much tang. I’m scared. I’m so scared. It’s not full tang milk. It’s good. I’m gonna go back to this, because I’m not afraid of it. Let’s try this one. Smell? I can’t tell. Is it top milk? It could be top milk. Oh, there’s no top milk on that. I think there’s a little. I think it’s bottomless milk. That milk does not smell like top milk. So this one certainly smells toppy. Little less tangy, huh? Well, let me try it again. This one is more expired, but neither one of them are actually that bad, which I think is like a side experiment, is that you don’t have to throw your milk out when it expires. You can keep it, you can hold it on. – [Stevie] The reason people think this is supposed to work is because the salt is a preservative that deters bacteria from growing. But, food safety experts have warned against that. Hold on, you’ve been talking to experts again? – [Stevie] Yeah, you know me, on the side. I’m with the experts on this. I’m afraid to start saying that this worked. Because, first of all, I can’t tell a difference? This one tastes more expired. Well, you poured it out of the top of the thing. You had more top milk. – [Stevie] Well, it’s also, the hacked milk is on Rhett’s side, so if it tastes more expired. Okay, so it’s inconclusive. Okay, there you go. It didn’t work. This one’s inconclusive. Don’t do it. Alright, yeah. This one failed. Salt in milk. – [Both] Lackin’. ((Music)) – [Stevie] Let’s take a look at our final hack. – [V.O. Voice] Extend strawberry freshness up to one week. Quick rinse. Yep. – [V.O. Voice] One quarter parts white vinegar to kill bacteria. Okay. – [V.O. Voice] Three quarters parts lemon juice to neutralize vinegar taste. Mix and store. A lot of trouble. This guy I could be friends with. Hey, what are you doing tonight? I don’t know, I think I’m going to put some weird stuff on my strawberries. It’s a, it’s, I’m not. I’m not falling for it. It’s the V.O. voice. Why did you have to assume I wasn’t a real man? It’s, right. For years and years, all I wanted was to be a real man. And then I finally became one because of Geppetto. Because of AI. The story of TikTok Pinocchio coming to a TikTok near you. This is a lot of work. You know? So what would happen in that? You kill the bacteria with vinegar and then you wash it with lemon to remove the vinegar taste. And then what, but what did you do? You just cleaned them? Yeah, you just cleaned them. – [Stevie] So these have been storing for seven days. Strawberries will go bad quick. Yeah, they will. Quick. Like I always say. Especially if you leave them in the thing that you bought them in. I do know that you gotta take them out of that. We’ve been doing that, but we haven’t been doing this. Just take the leaves off. Leave the stem on and eat the whole thing because that way you get everything that the strawberry has to offer. That’s a good strawberry. Yeah. You think you’re gonna taste the stem? You don’t. That tasted fine to me. I’m going for a comparable sized strawberry and I’m gonna do the same. Okay. These are riper, which actually makes them taste a little bit better. But it does mean that these have held up better. Let me get two more, because I could have just tasted two strawberries that are, you know. I think you’re tasting the slightest hint of lemon juice, and you’re thinking that it’s a better tasting strawberry. But it’s not. These aren’t as sweet. They’re a little. These are ripe-r. Two for two, these are riper. These are the ones they did the treatment on. I’ll tell you right now, those are softer. Oh, softer. They definitely taste different. I’ll say these are mush-ier, but the taste is better. These are harder. I think they will last longer, but I can taste the lemon on it. That might be what we’re tasting. I don’t know. They definitely taste different. So if I’m right, and these are the lemonized ones. They are ripe-r longer, but, but they don’t taste as good. – [Stevie] Well, we’ve really stumbled upon a discovery today because the crew completely made up that hack and was assuming that the strawberries were going to taste so bad that you were going to spit them out, but I guess we actually stored them better for longer. We invented a new one. – [Stevie] We invented a new one. Hold on, so which one’s the hacked? – [Stevie] The hacks are on on Link’s side, but they were supposed to taste like they were like vinegar and lemon soaked, so that when you bit into them, you’d spit them out immediately. They definitely tasted different. There was no doubt about that, but I thought they just tasted a little bit like they were about to rot, you know I’m saying, like so ripe that they’re about to rot. ((Laughing)) Rhett says he felt they tasted bad. But I like really ripe things. – [Stevie] Okay, well then soak everything in vinegar and lemon. Moving forward. I mean, you tasted the lemon a little bit, but it didn’t taste like vinegar. I would have thought we would have tasted vinegar. I just feel like I’ve been, confirmed in the fact that I can taste. You know? You can taste. There’s a lot of rumors floating around that I can’t actually taste. Yep. That’s what this whole episode was about, friends. So I feel pretty good about what happened. We did all of this just to prove that Link can taste because of the rumors that have been going around. ((Laughing)) But are we saying that? How do you feel now? This is hackin’ or lackin’? I think we’re saying this is, this is hackin’. Strawberries and vinegar. – [Rhett] Lackin’ – [Rhett] Hackin’ Yeah, let’s make it happen. Okay. Just for Link’s sake, it was hackin’. Well, you know, we gotta invent some stuff on TikTok every now and again, too. So we did find two things that seemed to work, kinda. One thing that didn’t, and then one thing that was just a joke on us that actually turned out to be something to prove Link can taste. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. You still kinda like it? Yeah. You know what time it is. Hi, my name is Link. Just like you, Link. And I live in Charlotte, North Carolina. But right now I’m in Athens, Greece, and it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. I thought he was at the fake one in Nashville. So did I. I think his name might be fake too. I’ve never met another Link. Link. Have I? He’s got a different demeanor than the Link I know. Click the top link to watch us taste the weirdest new sodas of 2023 in Good Mythical More. And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land. – [Link] Doing some last minute shopping? Well place an order at Mythical.com with domestic expedited shipping by December 14th to ensure your gifts make it on time for the holidays.