The "mile-fry" club isn't actually a thing but a TikToker under the name of @barfly7777 tried to make it happen by cooking a package of shrimp and instant mashed potatoes over two batteries in a Delta (DAL) -) plane's bathroom.
"Well I've got a terrible idea," the TikToker says in the video that garnered over 900,000 views in the four days since it was posted. It also inspired considerable debate over whether such a "prank" would ever set off a trend of people actually trying it.
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Barfly7777's video pans out from him driving in the car toward the airport, passing through TSA security and then boarding the Delta plane with a bag of frozen shrimp and frozen instant mashed potatoes.
@barfly7777 With 2 6v batteries wired in series to an immersion beverage heater, one is able to get water scalding hot quickly. Raw shrimp will only need a few minutes. Adding instant mash to the shrimp water adds some extra flavor. Garlic butter makes everything go better. #terribleideawhattime #shrimp #garlicshrimp #mashedpotatoes #flying #bathroomchef #howtocookproperly #barfly7777 #innovation #privatechef #newidea #hack #Splice
♬ FUCK IT - xryce
Frozen shrimp, instant mashed potatoes and plane sink: done
The video then flashes to the man going into the plane's bathroom, filling the sink with water and then plugging two portable batteries into the outlet usually used for low-voltage devices to keep the water boiling. He then puts the shrimp into it, adds some seasoning and then puts it out onto a napkin. After doing the same with mashed potatoes (mashing the powder with the hands after mixing it with water), he places them into a barf bag and carries it out to the plane seat with a grinning face.
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"Success!" a female voice says enthusiastically as the video flashes to a close-up of the man eating the shrimp.
"With 2 6v batteries wired in series to an immersion beverage heater, one is able to get water scalding hot quickly," Barfly7777 explains further in the caption to the video. "Raw shrimp will only need a few minutes. Adding instant mash to the shrimp water adds some extra flavor. Garlic butter makes everything go better."
'No fly list coming soon,' commenters say
The video predictably went viral through the "disgust factor" — while very few would actually take the TikToker's suggestion seriously and attempt a similar experiment aboard a flight, the shock factor meant many couldn't help but look to see if the traveler would successfully cook his meal and not get stopped by one of the air crew members. The video is also quickly gathering steam and amassing tens of thousands of new views with each passing minute.
"HOW DID THAT BATTERY MAKE IT PAST TSA?" a TikToker named Yelvab wrote in the most upvoted comment under the video.
"No fly list coming in hot lol," another TikToker named Kevin Miles wrote in reference to Barfly7777 calling his recipe "Mile High Bathroom Garlic Shrimp & Mash" and also encouraging his 157,000-plus followers to join the "mile-fry club."
But even a five-minute scroll through the TikToker's account shows that his entire brand is based off of making shock-factor videos around food — he cooks a rack of baby racks in one viral video and an approximation of French Onion Soup in another video with over seven million views.
Without commenting on whether the TikToker broke any of the airline's policies by attempting this, Delta has been telling media outlets that its teams "are aware of the video and are further looking into it."
