Twitter has this tendency to trend any weird thing that trends on the timeline and in this case it involves a butcher who knows his way with a knife and meat.
In the videos, the Turkish butcher, Nusret Gökçe, is seen showing quite the commitment while cutting meat often in weird ways which were immediately noticed by people on social media.
Take for example this video of him cutting what he calls “Ottoman steak”
https://twitter.com/nusr_ett/status/817729105512857601
From the video, you can see the interesting antics as he cuts the meat with a dramatic twist at the end as he adds the salt. That video became popular on Twitter and it became a trending topic with the hashtag #saltbae which is still ongoing till now.
Since this Twitter we are talking about, the meme became viral and people started to come up with all sort of scenarios around it.
How God will sprinkle blessings
How God gone sprinkle some blessings into 2017 https://t.co/j4oSJGe6yQ
— 🦅🦅 (@DanielOess) January 7, 2017
When the lie is well seasoned
https://twitter.com/doylenoir/status/818208441290194944
When you sprinkle some procrastination
https://twitter.com/wavymans/status/818043569072197633
Adding finishing touches to an argument
https://twitter.com/OhEmmeG/status/818144205335887873
God after creating black women
https://twitter.com/youngspoons/status/818147397331197952
When you use thus in an essay
https://twitter.com/SheikhMyBody/status/818158438668763138
That was not his only video that got traction on social media.
https://twitter.com/nusr_ett/status/786568674056478720
Nah mane how he just twist that damn bone out? I wonder does he teach knife skills #saltbae pic.twitter.com/YODAwdTzAm
— Above the Clouds (@SimplyYoso) January 8, 2017
These videos made people come up with other memes
Poor vegetarians
https://twitter.com/7_concept1/status/818298722404728833
Some petitioned Apple to come up with a Salt Bae emoji (which is not crazy at all, anything is possible in this modern society)
https://twitter.com/Schwartz341/status/818331044961075201
This is basically it!
#SaltBae's daily routine: pic.twitter.com/hGxZYgjVmx
— deray (@deray) January 8, 2017
His Instagram account is actually verified and you can see the rest of the videos and photos of the eccentric butcher. Well from now on, cutting steak (or seasoning it with salt) will never be the same again.
