If you’re on TikTok, you’ve likely noticed a recent cucumber obsession.
As New York City comedian Meg Ruocco joked: “Somehow my For You Page has become 10% Chappell Roan, 10% that pommel horse guy, and like 80% that guy who eats a cucumber every single day.“
That “cucumber guy” would be Logan Moffitt, a 23-year old content creator from Ottawa, Canada, who has taken over social media with his dozens of cucumber recipes on TikTok this summer. Moffitt estimates he eats two to three cucumbers a day, but “somehow I’m still not tired of cucumbers,” he told HuffPost. “So more cucumber videos coming.”
“Any time I get an idea, I just type it in my little notes app,” he said. Moffitt said he is constantly thinking about how regular food menu items can be turned into cucumber salads. “I just saw someone making jalapeño poppers on my TikTok. And I was like, ‘That would be so good in a cucumber salad.’” And indeed it was.
So far, Moffitt has made popular cucumber salads that are based on California sushi rolls, taste like tzatziki, contain peanut butter and chili crunch or are inspired by Din Tai Fung, a Taiwanese, Michelin-awarded dim sum chain.
Before he was known for his cucumber TikToks, Moffitt was also known for documenting his love of cooking and eating Korean food, for which fans have praised him as an “honorary Korean” and “the epitome of cultural appreciation.”
Unlike other white food creators who have faced backlash for appropriating Asian recipes without acknowledging their origins, Moffitt gives credit where it’s due.
He said he is inspired by the recipes of South Korean-born chef Maangchi, whom he calls his cooking teacher. “I grew up on watching her. Definitely, for sure, she’s a big inspiration,” Moffitt said.