Lecture Notes: Exploring Temu's Food Purchases

Introduction

• Temu offers a variety of unusual products, including food items.
• Speaker expresses curiosity about the legality and taste of Temu food.
• Various food items purchased from Temu for review.

Food Items and Reviews

Knockoff Oreos

• Appearance: Wicked colored, green cookie.
• Taste: Rated 8/10, surprisingly good despite odd appearance.

Doritos Cup Style (Smoked Cheese Flavor)

• Description: Doritos rolled up, served in a cup.
• Taste: Smoky cheese flavor with a strange aftertaste.
• Rating: 6.5/10, odd shape and presentation.

Rainbow Skittles

• Type: Gummy, squishy texture.
• Contains: May have fish and krill.
• Taste: Surprisingly good despite initial skepticism, rated 9.5/10.

Ultraman Corn on the Cob (Steak Flavor)

• Appearance: Similar to Cheetos but with a sweet taste.
• Taste: Tastes like steak dusted in icing sugar.
• Rating: 3/10, unappealing sweetness.

Durian Fruit

• Known for being a stinky fruit with a unique taste.
• Warning of lead exposure.
• Taste: Cheesy flavor, rated 8/10.

Drinks and Snacks

Grass Jelly Drink

• Origin: Taiwan.
• Ingredients: Water, grass, sugar, honey.
• Taste: Comparable to iced tea, has jelly at the bottom; rated 6/10.

Knockoff Lays (Nori Seaweed Flavor)

• Smell: Ocean-like.
• Taste: Resembles a chip made of sushi.
• Rating: 7/10.

Thick Dried Tofu

• No English labeling, popular worldwide.
• Taste: Unpleasant smell and taste, rated 0/10.

Bell Roll (Seaweed Flavor)

• Taste: Tastes like oily plastic.
• Rating: -1/10.

Kobe LS Chips

• Smell: Pleasant.
• Taste: Surprisingly good, rated 9/10.

Unusual and Scary Foods

Wakame Seaweed Salad

• Initially unappealing but not as bad as expected.
• Rating: Not terrible, smells unpleasant.

Baby Crab Chips

• Contains whole crabs with shells.
• Taste: Fear-inducing due to inedible components, led to vomiting.

Jinai Fish

• Smell: Comparable to dog food.
• Very unappealing, no rating provided.

White Fungus Fish Gelatin

• Texture: Gelatinous.
• Taste: Sweet Jello-o fish, rated 0/10.

Conclusions

• Discarded most food items due to unpalatability.
• Donated remaining items to a Chinatown food bank.
• Final advice: Avoid purchasing food from Temu, delete the app.