TV chef Nigella Lawson has been praised across Twitter for her “epic trolling” as she named “Bitter Orange Tart” as the recipe of the day as Donald Trump departs the White House.
Lawson tweeted, “Well, yes, Bitter Orange Tart just happens to be #RecipeOfTheDay.”
People across Twitter have taken this as a swipe at former President Trump, with author Will Black responding with “Epic trolling of former president Trump by Nigella Lawson.”
Epic trolling of former president Trump by Nigella Lawson https://t.co/48LYNQyo6p
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) January 20, 2021
Lawson’s wrote on Twitter, “Well, yes, Bitter Orange Tart just happens to be #RecipeOfTheDay.
“Apart from anything else, there are more things to make with Seville oranges than marmalade!
“This is not complicated: the base is bashed ginger nuts nigella.com/recipes/bitter”
Author Caitlin Moran wrote on Twitter, “If anyone says ‘Given the last few years, are there any things that still make you proud to be British?’
“I have to reply, ‘It’s a dwindling list, but Nigella Lawson calmly choosing Bitter Orange Tart on the day Trump leaves office would be one of them’.”
If anyone says "Given the last few years, are there any things that still make you proud to be British?" I have to reply, "It's a dwindling list, but Nigella Lawson calmly choosing Bitter Orange Tart on the day Trump leaves office would be one of them." https://t.co/JTAR5pZWR7
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) January 20, 2021