In Tiktok not only dances. It is also cooked. And if not, what the Cuban creator known as @Cuba82whose video on how to make Cuban artisanal cheese unleashed a wave of reactions.

The recipe, simple, but loaded with identity, touches sensitive fibers among Cubans who live far from their land.

From the choice of milk to the creation of the curd and its final pressing, everything is done with homemade tools and inherited methods.

The result: a white cheese with a field flavor, memories and a lot of cubania. In the words of the author’s own author: «Well, my people, now we are going to do the Cuban cheese … look at what this cheese does when chewed. Look at all more … I recommend them!

@Damianperez824 #as Make Cuban cheese #Artesanal ♬ Original sound – Cuba82

The step by step of Cuban craft cheese explained by a guajiro in Florida

The video became a kind of tutorial with simple language and a narrative that mixes technical and affection.

Use entire supermarket milk, it warns it «as if you were to take a child,» adds a home -made serum and lets you cut alone.

Then, the serum sneaks, squeeze the curd, the room to taste and place it in an improvised press made with wood, a tube and a rope.

This authenticity is precisely what has fallen in love with more than 39,000 people who interacted with the publication.

In each step, respect for tradition and the desire to share knowledge that, for many, seemed forgotten.

Pride to Tiktok debate

With the #QueCubano label, the video generated polarized reactions. While some users complained about the lack of gloves or the presentation, the vast majority focused on the emotional load of the recipe.

Comments such as «You were spectacular, my God … Now only the sweet of Guayaba is missing to accompany him» or «that is really cheese, not the rare thing they sell here in the markets» illustrate the emotional value of this culinary tradition.

But a cultural debate also emerged: is it truly a Cuban cheese or simply a common white cheese? The answers range from technical to the identity.

«Yes is Cuban because a Cuban did it! What’s wrong with you? ”A user replied defending the cultural connection about the exact recipe.

Hygiene, nostalgia and a root hunger community

Some comments called attention to hygiene: the use of gloves or the lack of mention to sterilized utensils.

Comments such as «My brother, use gloves even if she is in Cuba, is something that is ingested» they were repeated frequently. However, many recalled that in the Cuban field «hygiene was something else, but the taste was unique.»

What nobody discusses is that the video has aroused a wave of nostalgia. «Congratulations, brother, tremendous feeling to see him make the Cuban cheese. My mom did it every day in our Placetas Campito, Villa Clara. Thus we survived, ”said a follower, remembering the days when food was also resistance.

THE INGREDIENT THAT ALL ASKED: THE SAYING

Although the recipe was a success, there is something that all followers have requested urgently: a specific video on how to prepare homemade serum.

«The serum, brother. He talks about serum», «How can I know the serum recipe?», And «we need serum, which is the main thing», are just some of the hundreds of comments in that sense.

The community wants to continue learning, and this creator has the formula and voice to teach it.

Educational content and cultural reconnection

The impact of this video goes beyond a recipe. He has connected Cubans in exile with his roots, has educated on traditional techniques and has created a community around homemade cuisine. The figure of @Cuba82 has become more than a cook: it is a bridge between generations.

Publications like this not only teach to make a Cuban artisanal cheese: they teach to reconnect with the past. And as he says: «You don’t have to go crazy buying faces or anything … with a simple press and affection, the Cuban cheese goes better than any of the USA.»