Remember when the New York Times got owned by the entire Internet—and the president himself—for floating the idea of peas in guacamole? Well, seems white people are far from finished ruining other cultures’ foods.
Whole Foods, which you may remember as the supermarket chain that tried to sell $6 “asparagus water,” invited social media scorn once again by tweeting a recipe for collard greens. How did it get the soul food staple wrong? With a liberal sprinkling of peanuts and cranberries.
If you’re not cooking with these greens, you need to be! How to cook collards: https://t.co/2lk2bMnKdS #HealthYeah pic.twitter.com/YqBPXg3uus
— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) January 14, 2016
Black Twitter Roast: ACTIVATE.
https://twitter.com/VikkieNotVicky/status/687696767073300481
https://twitter.com/intrepid_heroin/status/687695942368149504
I hope the spirit of a thousand Black grannies comes to smite you all @WholeFoods
— Offer Only (@Galeficent) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/VbLEK6TCwS
— Kowboy Kerney (@wondermann5) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/YFyE0TB9QJ
— the prettiest pisces 💜 (@IIIMARIAHIII) January 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/BreezyBreee3/status/687689278755700736
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/XDdd0BPSPK
— sydney (@stopsyd) January 14, 2016
.@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/1crBMDtz1y
— Nathalie Baptiste (@nhbaptiste) January 14, 2016
.@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/dni2w9P0Ro
— devin (@DeeRut) January 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/LaVidaDeChels/status/687686491766538240
https://twitter.com/_M_Pulse/status/687695799342383104
Fortunately, someone at Whole Foods did come to their senses.
@KelleyLCarter We see now the error in our ways. #noted pic.twitter.com/rk8PHiM1dR
— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) January 14, 2016
Did the chain really learn its lesson, though? Unlikely.
@WholeFoods I doubt it. But if you’re now going to introduce peanut-free peanut butter, have at it. We need a good laugh. @KelleyLCarter
— dkmnow ♿️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💉😷 give peace a chance (@dkmnow) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods @KelleyLCarter I didn’t realize these were peanuts. I was focused on WF trying to tell ppl how to cook collards. 😱
— 🗣 #BringBackCivics (@MelaninMagic10) January 14, 2016
See you next time culinary appropriation goes wrong!
Photo via thebittenword.com/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
