cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/28480950

In 2015, Cookie Monster filmed a viral video titled “Simply Delicious Shower Thoughts with Cookie Monster” for the Mashable YouTube channel. In the video, he explores various New York City museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim, while pondering deep “shower thoughts” about food.

    • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      Sushi is raw fish. Cookie dough is raw cookie. And some people eat raw cookie dough as a thing; there are cookie-dough ice cream flavors, for example.

      • Photonic@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        I know about the ice cream, I’ve had it before. I never really saw it as raw, just as another ingredient or flavor, but I guess it makes sense.

        • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          The cookie dough they use in cookie dough flavored things is safe to eat, mainly the raw egg is not there.

          There’s no way they would purposely sell us anything with immediate health risk that can be easily pinned on them.

          Also not all sushi is raw fish, some is cooked. Improperly handled raw fish can be very dangerous, so only eat it at places you trust (I.e maybe not the buffet or grocery sushi).

          • Zedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            The problem with cookie dough is the raw flour, not the raw egg. You can make cookie dough for eating by roasting the flour.

            • silasmariner@programming.dev
              3·
              2 days ago

              This works best if you roast all the ingredients together. I like to take my cookie dough and mould it into fun shapes before roasting, gives it some lighthearted humour

            • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
              21·
              2 days ago

              I think they mean in a mass production environment. Raw egg would require a lot more additives and preservatives to keep the product safe to eat and from spoiling quickly, something eggs are infamous for. Also the occasional salmonella outburst and recall and lawsuits. It’s just one of those things people avoid.

              But you are right, you can totally eat raw eggs safely if they are fresh

              • Zedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                1·
                2 days ago

                In an industrial environment, you’d just pasteurize everything before making the dough. You can do it at home (I want to say it’s something like 60C for 2 hours, but don’t take some rando’s word on time and temp). There are a few brands that sell ready to eat cookie dough.

        • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          You can make raw cookie dough that is safe to eat as well by altering the recipe slightly to replace the egg with alternatives or, industrially, it can be pasteurized which most all store-bought cookie dough will be made with to reduce their liability.