Comment on Did a teenager actually just die from eating raw noodles?
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 day agoI think this is the right explanation. The dry noodles expand when put in hot water, and that I would think that includes gastric acids in the human body. The boy started having symptoms in half an hour and died soon after. That’s too fast for food poisoning
Tiffany1994@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
I remember reading this is actually a myth and comes from the idea that birds will explode if you feed them rice. The volume stays the same because the water ends up going into the rice.