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BREAKING: Man Using Wok in the Jungle About to Add the Sichuan Peppercorns

Obviously the ingredients were found in the jungle

By: Grant Yang

Mysterious TikTok user @mz4587247 has garnered over 7 million followers for his videos depicting a simple Chinese farmer preparing fresh meals from scratch in the middle of the wilderness. Armed with only a wok and the ingredients he finds in jungle, the cook prepares beautiful stir-fry dishes without saying a word.

The moment is arriving soon. There is a pile of Sichuan peppercorns to the right of the wok waiting to be used. Millions of viewers await with baited breath. The man fills his bamboo stalk with water from the mountain stream behind him and fills the wok. Is he going to add them now? He moves his hand over the peppercorns with their intense mala flavor piercing the screen. Is he going to add these aromatic spices next? No, he was reaching for the spatula. Giant cockblock.

He continues edging his followers by adding small handfuls of bok choy. You can almost feel the delicious crunch of the vegetables mixing with the numbing spice of the Sichuan peppercorns. But, you idiot, he hasn’t added them yet. He tosses in smashed garlic, star anise, shredded ginger, you are salivating waiting for the spice. Where the hell are the Sichuan peppercorns? Then, just when you think it’s all over, he reaches an open palm toward the pile of reddish-brown flavor bombs. You are about to climax.

Come back in 24 hours for part two.

Photos courtesy of TikTok user: Banshan0915