About

Water From Mississippi River refers to a series of videos by TikToker and chef @foodiechina888 where he suggests viewers use Mississippi River water as an ingredient in the recipe. The suggestion to use Mississippi River water began appearing in his videos in April 2022 and is one of a few running jokes used by the creator, including the catchphrase "done and dusted, out of this world."

Origin

TikToker @foodiechina888 is a chef on Instagram who is known for his tutorials on trending Chinese dishes. He has a number of running jokes in his videos, like saying "done and dusted, out of this world" at the end of recipes and specifying which hand people should stir with. On April 1st, 2022, TikToker^[1] @foodiechina888 posted a video making a chicken leg recipe, instructing people to use "water from Mississippi river" in the dish, gaining over 225,000 views in a month (shown below).

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The joke appeared in numerous future videos by @foodiechina888. For example, on April 10th, 2022, he posted a video to TikTok^[3] making "red Chinese mystery sauce" using the joke, gaining over 184,000 views in a month (shown below, left). On April 21st, he posted a chicken breast recipe to TikTok^[4] using the joke, gaining over 450,000 views in a month (shown below, right). On May 17th, a Redditor asked about the videos on /r/OutOfTheLoop,^[2] gaining over 710 upvotes in a day.

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