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{{Infobox food|name=King's Hand|image=Kings hand (cropped).jpg|caption=Image of the original King's Hand dish, created by Twitter user @thatfrood|course=[[Main course]]|main_ingredient=[[Greek salad]], [[cookie dough]], and [[M&M's]]|country=[[United States]]| no_recipes= true|image_alt=Image of the original King's Hand dish}}

'''King's Hand''' is a [[dessert]] made of [[M&M's]] and [[cookie dough]], molded into the shape of a hollow hand and filled with [[Greek salad]]. It was invented by [[Twitter]] user @thatfrood, a 28-year-old data analyst, who says the idea for the dish came to him in a [[dream]] in which it was the main course of a festival feast.<ref name="Onibada 2020">{{Cite web|last=Onibada|first=Ade|date=2020-11-10|title=This Man Had A Dream About A Completely Random Meal Called "King's Hand," So He Brought It To Life|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/man-dream-kings-hand-snack|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-15|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|language=en|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217231609/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/man-dream-kings-hand-snack}}</ref> After a week of experimentation, he posted a series of photos on [[Twitter]] on December 6, 2020. Later that day, he shared his recipe. As of December 15, 2020, the tweet had garnered over 166,000 likes and was featured in a diverse array of media and print publications, including [[Fox News]],<ref name="Deabler 2020">{{Cite web|last=Deabler|first=Alexandra|date=2020-12-07|title=Man makes cookie, salad 'King's Hand' dish based on dream he had, goes viral|url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/man-dream-kings-hand-cookie-salad-vsiral|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|website=[[Fox News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[TODAY.com|TODAY]]'',<ref name="Kubota 2020">{{Cite web|last=Kubota|first=Samantha|date=2020-12-07|title=Man goes viral for baking hand-shaped cookie stuffed with salad that he saw in dream|url=https://www.today.com/food/man-goes-viral-baking-hand-shaped-cookie-stuffed-greek-salad-t202998|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|website=[[TODAY.com]]|publisher=NBC Universal|language=en|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216173649/https://www.today.com/food/man-goes-viral-baking-hand-shaped-cookie-stuffed-greek-salad-t202998}}</ref> [[Yahoo! News]],<ref name="Stone 2020">{{Cite web|last=Stone|first=Lillian|date=2020-12-14|title=All hail the King's Hand, Twitter's latest culinary shitpost|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hail-king-hand-twitters-latest-165600888.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|website=[[Yahoo News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415225813/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hail-king-hand-twitters-latest-165600888.html}}</ref> and ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''.<ref name="Onibada 2020" /> The original post inspired people to make their own versions, as well as descriptions of foods that had appeared in others' dreams.<ref name="Morillo 2020">{{Cite web |last=Morillo |first=Alexis |date=2020-12-07 |title=This Twitter User Made A Greek Salad-Stuffed Cookie They Saw In A Dream And Of Course It Went Viral |url=https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34895763/viral-tweet-kings-hand-salad-cookie/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=Delish |language=en-US |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213085937/https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34895763/viral-tweet-kings-hand-salad-cookie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Background ==

Arseny, who prefers to be referred to by his first name,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ngo|first=Hope|date=2020-12-09|title=Twitter can't stop talking about this bizarre Greek salad and sugar cookie mashup|url=https://www.mashed.com/292378/twitter-can't-stop-talking-about-this-bizarre-greek-salad-and-sugar-cookie-mashup/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-30|website=[[Mashed.com]]|language=en-US|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513185243/https://www.mashed.com/292378/twitter-can%27t-stop-talking-about-this-bizarre-greek-salad-and-sugar-cookie-mashup/}}</ref> told [[BuzzFeed News|''Buzzfeed News'']] that he remembered only a little of the dream in which King's Hand was revealed to him, saying, "I wish I remembered more about the King's Hand dream other than King's Hand, [but that's] kind of the nature of it, right?... Normally you don't remember a dream."<ref name="Onibada 2020" /> However, he does recall that it was the main course of a festival feast.

Immediately after waking, Arseny wrote down the ingredients in a [[group chat]] so as not to forget the recipe.<ref name="Onibada 2020" />

Arseny discussed the process on Twitter. "First, you will need to make a mold of a hand. For this, I used food-grade [[Putty|silicone putty]] safe up to 400 deg. I ordered it online. It takes an hour to go solid."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stone|first=Lillian|date=December 14, 2020|title=All hail the King’s Hand, Twitter's latest culinary shitpost|url=https://thetakeout.com/the-king-s-hand-combines-cookies-and-greek-salad-1845877438|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Takeout|language=en-us|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214173604/https://thetakeout.com/the-king-s-hand-combines-cookies-and-greek-salad-1845877438}}</ref> He used the putty to make a [[Casting|cast]] of his own hand, placing M&Ms into the knuckles and fingernails of the cast before adding cookie dough and baking the result.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fry|first=Courtney|date=2020-12-07|title=Someone Dreamed About A Cursed Salad-Stuffed Cookie Hand, Then Spent A Week Making It|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/bites/kings-hand-salad-stuffed-cookie-cursed-dream-food/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Pedestrian TV|language=en-US|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111013458/https://www.pedestrian.tv/bites/kings-hand-salad-stuffed-cookie-cursed-dream-food/}}</ref> He then made a Greek salad, filling the hollow inside of the hand to complete the meal.

Arseny was surprised to find his post rapidly become popular. “I'm just constantly watching the thing refresh and seeing what everybody says. Some things are very mean. I think people need to think about the fact that I do see these,” he said. He added that he laughed at the majority of the comments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Onibada|first=Ade|date=December 10, 2020|title=This Man Had A Dream About A Completely Random Meal Called "King's Hand," So He Brought It To Life|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/man-dream-kings-hand-snack|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|language=en|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217231609/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/man-dream-kings-hand-snack}}</ref>

On December 16, 2020, Arseny created a modified version of the Hand using [[falafel]] instead of cookie dough.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leventry|first=Amber|date=2020-12-22|title=The Weirdest Things That People Have (Literally) Dreamed Up|url=https://www.scarymommy.com/sometimes-actual-dreams-come-true/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-30|website=[[Scary Mommy]]|language=en-US|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117131945/https://www.scarymommy.com/sometimes-actual-dreams-come-true/}}</ref> This was subsequently referred to as "Shepherd's Hand".

== Popularity and cultural influence ==

The viral tweet led many others to share their own dream-inspired foods. These included "Earl Gray hot cocoa," a mixture of [[hot chocolate]] and [[Earl Grey tea|Earl Gray tea]];<ref name="Deabler 2020" /><ref name="Kubota 2020" /> an unnamed [[curry]] that was held aloft above a fire in a muslin bag and was smoked, served with brown rice and a purple cocktail drink;<ref name="Mochizuki 2020">{{Cite web|last=Mochizuki|first=Koh|date=2020-12-14|title=Guy Brings To Life A Dish He Saw In A Dream Called A 'King's Hand'—And It's Certainly Something|url=https://www.comicsands.com/dream-kings-hand-baked-recipe-2649462576.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Comic Sands|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118134750/https://www.comicsands.com/dream-kings-hand-baked-recipe-2649462576.html}}</ref> as well as "[[chamomile]] [[coffee]]," made by pouring [[coffee]] (rather than water) over [[chamomile tea]] bags.<ref name=" Kubota 2020" /> Another user offered “cucumber cookies,” described as "batter-dipped cucumber slices, fried, coated in cinnamon sugar & then sandwiched together with an apple pie filling & drizzled with caramel."<ref name=" Mochizuki 2020" />

King's Hand was compared to "The Sinner's Sandwich" from the video game [[Deadly Premonition]].<ref name="Indian Express">{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2020|title=Man dreams of bizarre cookie recipe, call's it 'King's hand'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/man-dreams-of-a-bizarre-food-creates-cookie-stuffed-with-salad-7099547/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-15|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217022032/https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/man-dreams-of-a-bizarre-food-creates-cookie-stuffed-with-salad-7099547/}}</ref> According to ''[[Yahoo! News]]'', Twitter user @gracieelectric created a modified version of King's Hand without using a mold, dubbing it "King's Handwich".<ref name="Stone 2020" /> On December 28, 2020, [[Fox News]] proclaimed King's Hand to be one of the "strangest food combinations of 2020".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deabler|first=Alexandra|date=December 28, 2020|title=The strangest food combinations of 2020 {{!}} Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/strangest-food-combinations-2020.amp|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-30|website=[[Fox News]]|archive-date=December 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230095854/https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/strangest-food-combinations-2020.amp}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Works based on dreams]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220529214527/https://twitter.com/thatfrood/status/1335689951640494080 Original tweet by @thatfrood]

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