{"id":1446,"date":"2025-12-23T23:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2025-12-23T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:01:15","slug":"tiktoks-smoked-tinned-fish-hack-is-a-fire-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"TikTok\u2019s Smoked Tinned Fish Hack Is A Fire Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">A new viral TikTok trend is taking over with people smoking their own tinned fish at home.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">The hack involves wetting a paper towel, placing it on top of an open tin of fish, and lighting it on fire.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">The hack is actually very dangerous for numerous reasons, as <em data-node-id=\"0.2.1\">Delish <\/em>Senior Food Director Robert Seixas breaks down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">TikTok is a great place for exploration. It&#8217;s responsible for giving us everything from the cucumber guy to baked feta pasta. However, there are also dangerous trends taking over the platform\u2014among them, a new smoked tinned fish hack that has us rethinking humanity&#8217;s right to live (jk, jk). Even though there are countless smoked tinned fish options you can purchase, for some odd reason, TikTokers are trying their hand at smoking their own tinned fish at home&#8230;with the aid of a paper towel.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">TikTok is a great place for exploration. It\u2019s responsible for giving us everything from the cucumber guy to baked feta pasta. However, there are also dangerous trends taking over the platform\u2014among them, a new smoked tinned fish hack that has us rethinking humanity\u2019s right to live (jk, jk). Even though there are countless smoked tinned fish options you can purchase, for some odd reason, TikTokers are trying their hand at smoking their own tinned fish at home\u2026 with the help of a paper towel.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1fm2v8u e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-18s47pf e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">Related Story<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Open up your FYP, and you&#8217;ll likely see some &#8220;foodfluencer&#8221; testing out the trend. The hack involves folding a wet paper towel over an open tin of fish and then lighting it on fire. As the paper towel burns, it&#8217;s supposed to impart a smoky flavor to your fish while also warming it up.  <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"tiktok\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"8.0\">Delish<\/em> Senior Food Director Robert Seixas cautions anyone who sees the trend not to try it at home. &#8220;First, there are only a handful (even fewer) times you should light ANYTHING in the kitchen with a match, kitchen torch, lighter, etc,&#8221; he shares. And lighting a wet paper towel is both dangerous <em data-node-id=\"8.4\">and<\/em> strange: &#8220;If there&#8217;s a portion of the towel that is dry, you&#8217;re in a world of peril,&#8221; he says. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"9.0\"\/>Not only is it dangerous due to fire hazards, but paper towels can also contain chemicals such as formaldehyde, chlorine, PFAs, and BPAs. Those chemicals can be released into the air when burned, meaning you could inhale them. In that same vein, you also likely don&#8217;t know what your fish tin is made of. Many are lined with plastic, which means they should be nowhere near a heat source\u2014let alone set on fire.  <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1fm2v8u e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-18s47pf e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">Related Story<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">And even if all goes &#8220;well&#8221; and you don&#8217;t end up burning your house down, Seixas raises the obvious question: &#8220;Will the fish even taste like it&#8217;s been smoked? 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