We don’t remember this from the Tampax commercials!
TikToker Victoria, who goes by Victorias.Way on the platform, has caused quite a stir as fans try to soak up her new life hack.
The mother claimed the “simplest way” to remove grease while cooking hamburger meat is to use two small tampons.
“They will absorb all the fat,” she wrote on the video.
That’s right, just plop them into the pan and let the excess grease soak into the super-absorbent cotton bundle.
No need to even pull the strings over the side of the pan like a tea bag — Victoria lets the whole feminine-hygiene product lounge in the pan, she showed in her video.
She is seen deploying the tampons into the pan about halfway through the cooking process, letting them rest off to the side as she pushed her ground beef around and added spices.
She appears to flip the products over throughout the process, which could cause an unknowing eye to mistake the perfectly browned tampons for a grilled onion.
Victoria’s life hack caused a fierce debate in the comments, with a few arguing the tampons were “used” and therefore it was fine, while others were simply appalled she’d use them at all.
“Hell nah!!! You outta line for this one,” one commenter wrote.
“Tampons are too expensive to be used for this,” a woman named Mikaela said.
“Or a paper towel.. napkin.. toilet paper…tissues,” one suggested other, cheaper options.
Many suggested this video was a reminder of why to not eat at others’ houses. One wrote: “You can’t eat at everybody houseeeeee.”
Many focused on the possible chemicals leeching out of the tampons. Tampons can be a potential source of exposure to chemicals, according to the National Institute of Health.
Menstrual products may have traces of parabens, phthalates and pesticide residue.