Everyone, Including the President, Hates On the NYT's Green Pea Guacamole

Updated on July 1, 2015 at 6:15 PM

Who doesn't love the New York Times food section? The answer is everyone, at least for today as the publication tweeted out its recipe for green pea guacamole. The recipe caused such an uproar that even the president himself sided with the people on this one and tweeted his disapproval. The reactions to this seemingly innocent guac recipe are downright hilarious. You're going to want to add to the conversation. Trust us.

Obama took time away from his health care Twitter talk to address the obvious:

This is a legitimate question:

@nytimes hacked?

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) July 1, 2015

Others just blamed Canada

@nytimes #BlameCanada #CanadaDay

— Christina Jones (@ATXChristina) July 1, 2015

Pea puns a plenty

@Lahlahlindsey @nytimes PEAS delete this! hahahahahahaha...umm.

— Patrick Keefe (@patrickkeefe) July 1, 2015

.@Lahlahlindsey @702HyPER702 Because unlike you, hippie, I am unwilling (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) to give peas a chance

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) July 1, 2015

NYT may have lost some of its credibility . . .

@nytimes you guys are being really offensive and tbh I'm contemplating an unfollow

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) July 1, 2015

And its identity

@nytimes What happened to you? I don't even know you anymore.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 1, 2015

Melissa Clark tried to step in . . . but it was too late

hey people, the peas in guacamole recipe is by @ABCCocina - I didn't create it. And it's delicious! @nytfood

— melissa clark (@MelissaClark) July 1, 2015

People expressed the betrayal

@nytimes pic.twitter.com/ay46eqODaW

— Kevin O'Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) July 1, 2015

And told it like it is

@nytimes gtfo

— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) July 1, 2015

Others pleaded for NYT to take it back

@nytimes don't do this.

— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) July 1, 2015

Foodies crushed this idea immediately

@nytimes Possibly the worst food advice ever.

— David Saleh Rauf (@davidSrauf) July 1, 2015

@nytimes This advice is wrong and also bad

— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) July 1, 2015

Ain't nobody got time for this recipe

@erikmal @nytimes harvesting avocados takes time erik

— Lana Berry (@Lana) July 1, 2015

The Internet satirized the #NYTrecipes "trust us" tweet

"Put potatoes in your ice cream. Trust us." #NYTrecipes

— James H (@nobius) July 1, 2015

Try broken glass in your tunafish. #NYTrecipes

— Graham Campbell (@GrahamCC) July 1, 2015

@nobius Put NYT's guacamole in the trash. Trust us. #NYTrecipes

— Devin Brown (@TexasDevin) July 1, 2015

And no one wanted to even talk about the elephant in the room

@nytimes are we even going to address the sunflower seeds?

— kept_simple (@kept_simple) July 1, 2015

NYT's response to the Twitter eruption

7 other guacamole recipes: http://t.co/NTNkYdt9Yo 5 other pea recipes: http://t.co/ecsblpBtgC

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 1, 2015

Followed by this article defending the peacamole's five-star rating

Where's a face-plant emoticon when you need one?