I tried the viral TikTok cucumber salad – it put me in the hospital

A Gold Coast fitness influencer has issued a viral cucumber salad warning after she followed the “simple” recipe and ended up in hospital.

Bec Hardgrave has spoken out against the popular food, created by TikTok user Logan Moffit, after a number of people tried to recreate it at home.

Logan, who posts under the handle @logagm, racked up millions of views detailing how he eats a “whole cucumber.”

But his “delicious” method involves using a mandoline to slice water-based vegetables into thin slices – something Bec has since found out the hard way can easily cause injury if not used correctly.

“It was my first time using a mandolin, I just bought it from Kmart and I didn’t realize it came with a guard until the end,” said the influencer with more than 300,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. news.com.au.

“I didn’t think to look because I hadn’t seen other people using a guard when they made their cucumber trend videos.

“But I had a good chunk of flesh removed, which sounds disgusting, because it was.

“The cut went all the way to the fat layer of my skin and I had to go to the emergency department.”

The $12 Kmart kitchen gadget — along with other brands that sell mandolins — comes with a “finger guard” to prevent accidents.

The product also contains a warning which reads: “Keep out of reach of children, sharp edges, use care when using and wash the item to avoid injury.

Ms Hardgrave, who is known for sharing a variety of different food-related content, was recording herself when the accident happened and later decided to post her “nightmare” video in a bid to warn others.

“All the videos I’d seen going viral were of people using the mandolin like me, without a safety guard,” she said.

“A lot of them didn’t seem to be saying anything about how dangerous they were or how easy it was to cut.

“My damage is too extensive to be stitched up so I have to keep patching every few days until it heals, which will take some time and keep an eye out for infection

“The nurse who just fixed my hand told me that no nurse owns a mandolin because so many people come in with mandolin-related injuries.”

In her video, Ms Hardgrave could be seen talking to the camera as she sliced ​​cucumber into an empty protein shaker.

As she moved the green vegetable back and forth on the blade, onlookers watched as Mrs. Hardgrave’s hand moved closer and closer to her.

Thankfully, she saved viewers from seeing the accident, cutting the clip to show her in hospital with her hand covered in bandages.

“So here’s a warning to everybody, I had just bought that mandolin and I didn’t open the box all the way,” she says in the clip, Once Home from A&E.

“But it comes with a guard so that doesn’t happen. Just don’t use the mandolin.â€

The video titled “trend gone bad” has been viewed 122,000 times and has garnered hundreds of comments.

“I’m always so scared to use a mandolin,” said one.

“The single most terrifying kitchen tool,” declared another.

As one said: “This exact thing happened to me 2 days ago.”

Logan’s recipe has sparked thousands of videos from social media users recreating the entire “delicious snack” with Ms. Hardgrave noting “he doesn’t use the guard” in his video.

For those who want to try the recipe but without a hospital visit, Logan instructs using a whole cucumber (cut into safe slices) and mixing in a number of spices often found in the pantry.

He adds soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, green onions, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds and “MSG, of course.”

“It’s so easy and delicious,” he said.