Would you add peas to your guacamole? Obama joins backlash against The New York Times recipe on Twitter

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The New York Times tweeted a controversial recipe yesterday (Picture: Twitter)
Liz Connor2 July 2015

It’s not every day we see a recipe spark global outrage, but yesterday's Twitter storm was no ordinary dispute.

In a boldly experimental move, the New York Times prompted a social media backlash over axeing avocado in a guacamole recipe.

Food columnist Melissa Clark caused controversy after publishing a recipe that calls for English garden peas to be added into the traditional dish.

“Add green peas to your guacamole. Trust us,” the newspaper said in a Tweet, which immediately prompted a large-scale Internet debate.

The situation got so out of hand, even President Obama weighed in, agreeing that the addition of peas into the classic dish was simply a step too far:

In a rare bipartisan move, Jeb Bush agreed:

Angered readers took to Twitter to make it clear they weren't happy with the situation:

They were firm:

They were dubious:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Okay, here's the thing. If you take peas and mash them up, that's mushy peas. It's not guacamole.; Amadi (@amaditalks) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/amaditalks/status/616343132498739200" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-13291-https://twitter.com/amaditalks/status/616343132498739200" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 1, 2015</a>

They were displaying their outrage out via the medium of Jennifer Lawrence gifs:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jennifer Lawrence perfectly sums up my reaction to the peas and guacamole world conundrum: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/Z9ZgvYYfTA" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-13291-http://t.co/Z9ZgvYYfTA" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/Z9ZgvYYfTA</a>; Catherine Q. (@CatherineQ) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CatherineQ/status/616336193693745152" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-13291-https://twitter.com/CatherineQ/status/616336193693745152" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 1, 2015</a>

Many users even went as far as to demand that the New York Times delete their Twitter account:

All eyes are now on the social media platform to see who will weigh in on guacamole-gate next - perhaps Mr Cameron is partial to garden peas? One thing's for certain: The New York Times will need to regain the trust of its readership after this unpopular experiment.

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