Spanish Twitter is in uproar after Jamie Oliver posted a paella recipe that gets the national dish completely wrong.
Good Spanish food doesn’t get much better than paella. My version combines chicken thighs & chorizo… https://t.co/jzDMrTL14c
According to purists, there are strict rules as to which ingredients should go in a paella — and chorizo is NOT one of them.
delete @jamieoliver
Also, it should be cooked in a shallow pan, not a pot.
Tasty though the dish Jamie Oliver has created may be, it's fundamentally not a paella.
In Spain we call this "arrroz con cosas" and we think it's beautiful https://t.co/tbICvzdvo4
His recipe also instructs people to stir while cooking – which Spanish people say is something you should never do.
@jamieoliver TUUU BORRA ESOOO
"DELETE THIS."
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Understandably, people are upset.
Great work, @jamieoliver. I also cooked paella. Hope you like my version.
They wonder how British people would feel if the boot was on the other foot.
.@jamieoliver Good. Now let me tell you about my version of fish&chips. It combines beef and ravioli. #ICanPlayThatGameToo
@pedroampudia @jamieoliver My version of fish and chips combines aubergines with duck.
Some have attempted to teach Oliver the error of his ways.
@jamieoliver @SrJimvill You're absolutely mistaken and your paella's an abomination. Get some callos, mate.
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Some, at least, have seen the funny side.
@jamieoliver
Others have taken a more hardline approach.
@jamieoliver Remove the chorizo. We don't negotiate with terrorists. First warning.
"I shit on your ancestors."
Me cago en tus ancestros. https://t.co/cmjIt19xTf
"Go fuck yourself."
@jamieoliver que te pires
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"Degenerate bastard."
Cabrón degenerado @jamieoliver
It's basically caused a full-on international incident.
YOU'VE MADE OUR CONSTITUTION CRY OVER THIS @jamieoliver
In addition, Twitter user Margaret Castor has launched a Change.org petition calling for an end to people putting chorizo in paella.
Let this be a lesson to you, Jamie. The Spanish people have spoken. Mess with paella at your peril.
I'D RATHER EAT MY OWN SHIT THAN CALLING THAT PAELLA YOU HEAR ME?? @jamieoliver
Guillermo del Palacio es Redactor de BuzzFeed y vive en Madrid
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