When it comes to food it seems that everyone has an opinion on what we should consume, how we should consume it and what should go in it. Do you put beans in your chili? Capers in your tuna salad? Is Eggnog an appropriate drink or is it gross? All of these are questions open to debate, with your answer likely being a signifier of your cultural heritage as well as where in America (or the world) you may have grown up. Even as simple a dish as spaghetti and meatballs isn't immune to this sort of discourse, with a galaxy of thoughts about what should go into the constituent parts. Do you put carrots in the sauce? Sugar maybe? Fresh or store bought pasta? How about breadcrumbs in the meatballs? Or maybe your meatballs have raisins in them... wait, what?
Well, if you're CEO of Twitter (now known to some as X) Linda Yaccarino apparently the answer to 'should your meatballs have raisins in them' is a resounding YES... and we have questions.
Sunday Sauce with Mom. There are raisins in those meatballs. IYKYK pic.twitter.com/mFgudcwCq0
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) January 14, 2024
IYKYK is internet shorthand for 'If You Know You Know' and it seems that for the majority of those taking the time to reply, they do not know.
You must be joking. There’s no raisin for dried grapes to be in a meatball.
— Raytional (@Raytional) January 14, 2024
Linda, I’m calling the police.
— Meara (@MillennialOther) January 15, 2024
If I bite into a meatball and taste or see a raisin…. Just have my bond money ready
— Halle Berry or Hallelujah? (@SeeColes) January 14, 2024
It would indeed be a rude surprise to most!
I bite into a meatball with raisins in it, people will be mafia'd.
— theRoddick (@OriginalRoddick) January 14, 2024
As an Italian, I say this respectfully, if there was any justice in the world, you would be prosecuted for this and do real jail time.
— Ryan Phillips (@RumorsandRants) January 14, 2024
Guessing some of the cookbook pages got stuck together?
— Thomas Jones 🇺🇸 (@BigJamesSlade) January 14, 2024
It's the only explanation.
Me biting into a meatball and discovering raisins https://t.co/qJGU9jK9wR pic.twitter.com/ZrQIA6EOc6
— Lauren Rinaldi 🧚♀️ (@LRinaldiArt) January 14, 2024
Theyve allowed anti italian racism or too long on this site https://t.co/XwMlEjxcVA
— Ahmed Al Asliken 🕋☪️✈️ (@assliken) January 15, 2024
Screams in Italian https://t.co/A29EHWSt4D
— Suburban Gal (@SuburbsGal) January 15, 2024
Chef Ettore Boiardi must be spinning in his grave.
I'll take "Crimes Against Humanity" for $500, Alex. https://t.co/rugiTs2KAX
— Mike...Just Mike (@SA_Space_Cowboy) January 15, 2024
If someone gave me a meatball and I bit into a raisin I’d be fighting everybody and their mama https://t.co/FA0rhLTNLK
— catie 💛 (@steelgatorcatie) January 15, 2024
If i eat a meatball and taste a raisin, im not even going to be mad; I'll just burst into tears https://t.co/sM6TM1wGFc
— ziara 🌙 (@ziarastar) January 15, 2024
Some users even go so far as to suggest that the only reason such a thing could be done is as some sort of humiliation ritual...
you didn't have to do this publicly unless humiliation was the point.
— batu (@qtomris) January 15, 2024
But in a followup Yaccarino insists that this is a normal thing that people do in the south of Italy.
Real Italians know raisins (currants if you have them) and pinenuts are present in Southern/Sicilian meatballs.
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) January 15, 2024
What cooking shows do you want brought to X ?? @GDeLaurentiis @LidiaBastianich 👀 https://t.co/slzAbPgfhP
So what do you think, raisins in meatballs or no? Would you try it if one was offered? Let us know!
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