Potato Salad in Gumbo? The Internet Flips Over Controversial Culinary Collision
The internet has been sent into a tizzy after one individual shared their take on gumbo. The [...]
Da hell??? The ancestors are NOT pleased! pic.twitter.com/7dM90DPap4
— Lori Granito 💛🐝 (@lorigspeaks) July 12, 2021
Some individuals were none too pleased to see this creation. In fact, they said as much on Twitter.
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Y’all just doing anything now 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/S0RV8OBp1s
— The Ugly Duckling (@the5FootGiant_) July 12, 2021
The photo also sparked a great deal of confusion. One Twitter user wrote, "Potato salad is a side meant for gumbo…I'm so lost."
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— KJ (@Blac_Knight007) July 12, 2021
"Yes but not on top," another person clarified about the great potato salad and gumbo debate. "On a saucer to the side."
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Naw now y’all taking it too far 😂
— Treyy 🖤✡️ (@SlaterDasheme) July 12, 2021
Many weren't eager to try their potato salad in gumbo just yet. This individual even joked that people are "taking it too far" with the combo.
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I don’t, but this is pretty common. You can definitely see who the non-Louisiana folks who need to stay outta Louisiana business are from these comments.
— Romey Orlando (@kc10383) July 12, 2021
In the comments section for the photo, some pointed out that this combination isn't all that unusual... to Louisiana natives, at least. They shared that it's quite common.
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yessss it’s a Louisiana thing🤤
— syd..💕💕💕💕 (@da1andonlyyy) July 13, 2021
"The people in here are very clearly not from Louisiana," a Twitter user explained. "Some people eat it in the gumbo, some have it on the side."
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Potato salad + gumbo = yum!
— Brian DeLancey ⚜️ (@briandelancey) July 12, 2021
Clearly, having potato salad in gumbo is a seriously divisive issue. But, as one Twitter user aptly put it, "Don't yuck somebody's yum."
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