Someone tried to mansplain cooking to Nigella and she gave him the chop
There’s no shortage of men prepared to pop into a woman’s mentions to tell her she’s doing something wrong, but you’d think they might pause a little before mansplaining a female expert’s own field to her. Well, you’d be wrong, as this little exchange shows.
TV chef, Nigella Lawson, tweeted her plans for this Christmas ham.
8 kilos of ham and 1 tin of black treacle going into the oven for 24 hours now! I do have a recipe, coming up for #RecipeOfTheDay on Monday (though for a smaller joint of ham) and I’ll give it to you now too https://t.co/ax5qT2Gjid pic.twitter.com/1jPY9RmQhy
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) December 22, 2018
Up popped cookery expert mansplainer, Tom Smith, with a correction.
Love this but….Surely you mean the fridge for 24hours. https://t.co/KadM1X7saA
— Tom Smith (@WGSeconbus) December 22, 2018
He got this reply.
The fridge wouldn’t do a very good job of cooking it!
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) December 22, 2018
Most people would have left it at that, but not Tom.
Sorry … I will give this a go. Could not believe the length of time in oven, …low temperature!?🙄🐖⏳🍙🌖🌔 https://t.co/9fUbPH4m9G
— Tom Smith (@WGSeconbus) December 23, 2018
Someone captured a screenshot of this peak mansplaining.
Lord, this Christmas grant me the confidence of a man telling a world famous cook how to bake a ham. pic.twitter.com/t8jszTyBn2
— Claire Maugham (@clairemaugham) December 23, 2018
It got some funny reactions.
Very ham-handed! He may have forgotten how she brings home the bacon!
— Alice Sheppard (@PenguinGalaxy) December 23, 2018
Pig ignorant
— paul lewis (@sirpaullewis) December 24, 2018
Gammon?
— Toby Willison (@TobyWillison) December 24, 2018
I'm so concerned by "Love this, but…". Is he suggesting he *loves* a cold, uncooked 8 kilos of ham with an entire tin of black treacle upturned on it? This man must be stopped.
— Stephanie Faye (@StephanieEphani) December 24, 2018
One Twitter user pointed out that it wasn’t mansplaining at all, it was …
Hamsplaining
— carol bartle (@c_bartle) December 23, 2018
Congratulations, @c-bartle, you’ve levelled up on Twitter.
H/T: Indy100
