About

Follow Me for More Recipes is a catchphrase typically used by cooks and bakers who share recipes online. The phrase became a parody on Twitter in January 2020 when Twitter users began sharing comically simple food prep before and after photos captioned with the phrase "follow me for more recipes."

Origin

On January 8th, 2020, Twitter user @maxxxval^[1] shared two images of Top Ramen, one image before hot water was added and one after it was added (shown below). The images captioned, "Follow me for more recipes" gained over 50 likes in 19 days.

Spread

On January 10th, 2020 Twitter user @Oddly_Pleasing^[2] posted a picture of a bologna sandwich with the caption, "Follow me for more recipes" (shown below). The tweet gained garnered over 1,500 likes and 180 retweets in 17 days.

On January 22nd, Twitter user @regal_kingg^[3] used the caption to an image of a clementine with the peel and one without and accumulated over 260 likes in five days (shown below, left). The next day, Twitter user @tastemythunder^[4] posted a similar tweet using a banana (shown below, right).

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