Midnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTikTok blamed for hit to Iceland cucumber supplywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down111
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkTikTok blamed for hit to Iceland cucumber supplywww.bbc.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareKlnsfw 🏳️🌈@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoThe TikTok trend is roughly as follows: smash a cucumber and cut in chunks add salt, mix and put in the fridge for a while to remove some water from the cucumber rince make a sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, fresh ginger add some topping, like green onions, sesame seed, wakame seeweed, pepper flakes, cilantro, crushed peanuts or whatever you like
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 months agosmash ? like, slap the wall with it ? I can’t picture what this means (thanks for the recipe)
minus-squareKlnsfw 🏳️🌈@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoMaybe smash isn’t the right word (I’m not a native English speaker). You put the cucumber on a cutting board, lay a large knife flat on it and strike the flat of the blade with the underside of your fist.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months ago Maybe smash isn’t the right word (I’m not a native English speaker). You had it right. Someone else forgot their ephemeral slang isn’t the only way a word can be used.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s correct, but crush could maybe be an alternative.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIn Japan, we just smack them with something like a rolling pin, butt of a knife, etc.
The TikTok trend is roughly as follows:
smash ? like, slap the wall with it ? I can’t picture what this means (thanks for the recipe)
Maybe smash isn’t the right word (I’m not a native English speaker).
You put the cucumber on a cutting board, lay a large knife flat on it and strike the flat of the blade with the underside of your fist.
You had it right. Someone else forgot their ephemeral slang isn’t the only way a word can be used.
ah ok, makes sense
That’s correct, but crush could maybe be an alternative.
In Japan, we just smack them with something like a rolling pin, butt of a knife, etc.