A woman is getting slammed online for the unusual way in which she made a lasagna.
A traditional Italian lasagna is made a specific way — with lasagna noodles, meat sauce filling and ricotta cheese. So when one woman online tried making a “healthier” version of it — the internet lost its marbles.
A woman named Courtney Knill innocently shared on X (formerly Twitter) a photo of something that resembled the Italian staple in a glass casserole-type dish.
The accompanying caption read: “came up with a new recipe that I’m not quite sure what to call, essentially it’s a healthier version of lasagna.”
In another Tweet below her original one, she further explained her take on the traditional dish, writing, “I used ground chicken instead of beef, and subbed pasta out for quinoa!”
Well, leave it to the ruthless people of the internet to run and explain to Knill that what she did was disgraceful to the entire tri-state area — and Italy.
“Someone’s nonna needs to smack you upside the head for this,” read one tweet.
“Please don’t call this lasagna,” someone else pleaded.
“Pretty sure that’s what they serve in the 9th ring of Hell cafeteria,” another disappointed tweet read.
“All of New Jersey cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced,” a person hilariously wrote.
Another grumpy person couldn’t contain themselves by writing: “That’s a capital offense in Italy, and the Mafia will whack you in the US.”
Knill eventually responded to all the hate and tried to defend her bizarre recipe by writing, “I haven’t eaten pasta in over 8 months. leave me and my quinoa in peace” with a crying emoji.
While lasagna is clearly a favorite in the US — there are other dishes that Italian chefs wouldn’t dare to order out here.
And some of these might be shocking.
“When Italians began to immigrate to the U.S., most hailed from poor, rural backgrounds and their cooking was leaner with few ingredients, dishes were mostly vegetarian, and they basically used whatever was available to them,” Italian celeb chef Gennaro Contaldo told Huff Post.
Alfredo sauce? Chefs argue that it’s not “Italian enough.”
“For an Italian, fettuccine Alfredo is a big no in the rule book,” Jacopo Falleni, owner of Nonna in Westlake Village, California, said.
Random pizza toppings? Another reported no-no.
“Pineapple doesn’t go on pizza. It’s a fruit that doesn’t match with Italian flavors. It’s too strong and the finish will cover most of the delicate flavors of the other ingredients,” Chef Matteo Venini of Washington, D.C. said.
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