Brooklyn Beckham's Pasta Recipe Horrifies Fans (And Us)

Not everything that circulates on Instagram deserves to be followed. In fact, on closer inspection, it's so easy to run into unsolicited and sometimes even dangerous advice from those with millions of followers that the risk of emulation is always around the corner. After the recipe for fried spaghetti with ketchup by Heidi Klum, which went viral on the internet, comes the pasta prepared with seawater by Brooklyn Beckham.

That's right, in his new capacity as a food influencer, the last landing of the 26-year-old who tried his soccer career like his father, before taking up fashion and photography, the boy shared a video to show how to prepare a perfect “tomato pasta”.

Brooklyn Beckham and the secret to perfect pasta

The preview of the clip bodes well, except that Brooklyn, aboard a luxurious yacht docked off the Côte d'Azur, where he went with his wife Nicola Peltz for a few days of vacation, decided to fill the pot with seawater. “Of course, let's take some pasta water,” explains the self-styled chef as he immerses the pot in the sea and then goes to the stove and proceeds with the rest of the preparation: cut the cherry tomatoes into small pieces, let them go in a pan with a drizzle of oil and then, once everything is ready, add the pasta to the dressing and serve.

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The appearance seems almost inviting, but knowing the premises, the reaction of many is one of disgust. “Obviously, cooking pasta in seawater, where there are boats that dump diesel into the sea and E.coli is abundant, is not really the best alternative you could have chosen,” one user wisely comments, recalling that seawater is full of highly dangerous bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, which can give multiple adverse reactions depending on where the infection is located, as recalled by the website of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. At the abdominal level, the unfortunate person may experience pain, nausea, vomiting and fever, but if the bacteria affect other organs, there may be more serious symptoms of cystitis, urinary tract infections and even pneumonia, meningitis and septicemia.”

Despite the dangerousness of this kind of experiment, many unwitting followers have instead praised Beckham's advice, appreciating his cooking skills. The risk of emulation is high, but unfortunately, it is underestimated precisely by those who should use their online influence well and instead use the network to collect consent in the wake. Not to do at home, please.

Read the original article in ELLE Italy.