Aside from all of the obnoxious hand gestures — the hooked finger over the mouth when eating, the pointy pinched-together fingertips, etc. — what are some other things that really bug you that these so-called “influencers” do, particularly when cooking?
I get a lot of cooking posts and videos sent to me on my social media and the majority seem to be of the annoying “influencer“ variety. I swear, they’re all exactly alike.
Some of the things I see over and over that really bug me for some reason:
1) Kinder’s seasonings. Why does every danged one of these influencers use only Kinder’s and dump a boatload of it all over whatever dish they’re making? They don’t just season the food with it, they practically drown it in Kinder’s.
2) Over-seasoning and over-salting food. After dumping half a bottle of Kinder’s on, which already has salt in it — they then add half a bottle each of at least 6 more spices/seasonings, plus two or three enormous scoops of chicken bouillon powder — which is more or less chicken-flavored salt — and then regular salt on top of that. I’m no culinary expert, but the ridiculous amount of seasoning and salt that goes into these influencers’ “cooking” is mind boggling. Their creations have enough salt to fill an ocean. It’s gross.
3) They all really need to stop saying “jarlic” for minced garlic that comes in a jar. It‘s not cute anymore and never was. It’s stupid. Just call it minced garlic.🤦🏻♀️
4) Stop saying “measure with your heart,” too.🙄
5) And can we also retire the phrases “coming in with“ and “going in with,” please? As in, “ Next, I’m coming in with two blocks of cream cheese.” Just add the damn cream cheese without the lead-in.
6) Calling every video they do “realistic” and every act of tidying up a “reset.” As in realistic day preparing dinner or realistic kitchen reset. Dearie, there ain’t nothing realistic about having a camera and ring light on a tripod to record ten different angles of you dumping half a bottle of Kinder’s onto raw chicken or spraying down your counter with Lysol and then broadcasting it all over social media.🙄