If you’ve logged into your social media the last few days, you’ve seen numerous posts purporting “controversial food opinions” just ahead of the unofficial food holiday, Thanksgiving.
On Wednesday, Channel 2’s Mark Arum decided to make the bold move of presenting his preferred dessert choice out for the masses to pounce on — and pounce they did. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Ernie Suggs posted his opinion on macaroni and cheese shortly after Arum, but received a bit more support.
For Arum, he sent out his tweet, which read “Pumpkin Pie is far superior to Sweet Potato Pie. No doubt,” about 6 a.m.
Pumpkin Pie is far superior to Sweet Potato Pie. No doubt. pic.twitter.com/BLslmGuPEO
— Mark Arum (@MarkArum) November 27, 2019
His tweet quickly accumulated dozens of comments and retweets, with most flatly disagreeing with the news anchor.
— Shay Williams (@73shay) November 27, 2019
— Kimberly (@TheFalconsDiva) November 27, 2019
Mark! Mark! Mark! I am so disappointed to hear your stance on this. But hey, I guess we can’t agree on everything lol. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
— Ronda E. (@redge02) November 27, 2019
Issa no, Mark. Live footage of what I do with pumpkin 🥧.. pic.twitter.com/qiCZzYWqqU
— Jai Joseph, MBA (@JaiReports) November 27, 2019
— Chantelle617 (@Chantelle617) November 27, 2019
Suggs’ opinion that “macaroni & cheese is far superior to sweet potato casserole” got a mix of responses from Twitter users.
Facts.
— Bendrick_LaMair (@KnightMair27) November 27, 2019
Nothing wrong with mac and cheese but sweet potato casserole is much more Thanksgiving-y,
— Fern Hallman (@TheHallmans) November 27, 2019
One user brought up Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and her infamous macaroni and cheese, noting she would be "the real authority" on the dish. Last December, Bottoms became the talk of the town when she posted her signature mac and cheese on her Instagram. Several users dragged her for what some called a "dry" version of the dish.
This picture dried out my contact lens
— #ThrowEm (@BaddieLambily) December 25, 2018
Bottoms has not shared her thoughts with Suggs just yet, but she did joke about her chatter-evoking dish during last Sunday’s Macy’s Tree Lighting.