A Mexican American TikToker wanted to make a point about culinary appropriation. So she made 'sausage tacos.'

Daniela Rabalais went viral after showcasing her "new" creation, "sausage tacos," in a TikTok video, which has racked up more than 2.8 million views.
What do you call a sausage stuffed in a "fluffy tortilla" and coated with an American "crema"?
TikTok creator Daniela Rabalais calls it a "sausage taco." Although, to everyone else, it's likely to be better known as a hot dog.
This week, Rabalais, who is Mexican American, went viral on TikTok for showcasing her creation. But she wasn't trying to make and share a "new" recipe. She instead uses her TikTok account to parody how some culinary creators appropriate traditional foods from Black, Indigenous and Latino communities.
Her video, which shows viewers how she came up with “sausage tacos,” has racked up more than 2.8 million views since it was posted on July 22. The caption reads, “If BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and people of color] appropriated foods like [white] people do to our cultural foods.”
She used the hashtag #culturalappropriation in her caption. But what she's drawing attention to is what many have described as culinary appropriation, which refers to when white people take culinary ideas, like cuisines and recipes, from minority or marginalized groups and rebrand them under new names.
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