As we told you on Sunday, Fox News’ Dana Perino came under fire because some people on Twitter didn’t think her Super Bowl queso looked appetizing. Here it is again ICYMI:
I made queso pic.twitter.com/WXLFNcZlfU
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) February 3, 2019
Despite how it may have looked, people loved it:
I had no idea there was elitist foodie twitter. Good to know! Anyway, the queso is gone and the salad is still sitting there. So…whatever dudes! ? https://t.co/vvQaChsZHs
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) February 4, 2019
After some good-natured ribbing from her colleagues at Fox News, Dana explained on air how she used a recipe she found online that attempted to clone the queso found at Chili’s Grill & Bar:
On Fox News, Dana Perino says her queso is supposedly a recipe that @Chilis uses for its queso. pic.twitter.com/cWe6IZy34j
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) February 4, 2019
And Chili’s wasn’t happy to get dragged into it, saying this is how queso is supposed to look. Um, it looks the same as Dana’s, except Dana’s is in a slow cooker and this is in a skillet (maybe Dana could have given hers a little stir before snapping the photo, however):
Yeah, it's supposed to look like this: pic.twitter.com/12MwPRQiol
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) February 4, 2019
Chili’s quickly tried to make friends though:
You know what, Dana? You were brave enough to put yourself out there, and we can respect that. https://t.co/ZBWipNIVlw
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) February 4, 2019
Lots of people didn't even attempt to make queso for their guests. But @DanaPerino did. That's a good hostess right there.
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) February 4, 2019
And Dana was as gracious as ever:
Thank you! I’ve always loved Chili’s. And I did try! ? https://t.co/rHm9iChLqC
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) February 4, 2019
This brings us to Vox, which somehow found a way to eff up its ‘splainer of Dana Perino’s queso:
“I made queso” was the breakout meme of the Super Bowl https://t.co/4Q3WcewP4B
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 4, 2019
You see, Vox linked to a Dana Perino tweet and accused her of using cream of mushroom soup in the dish, which the Vox queso expert said you should never use in queso:
If possible, it got worse when Perino shared her recipe for the queso in question. Standard queso ingredients include things like chiles and beef; Perino’s involved ingredients from further afield of the typical Tex-Mex pantry, like cream of mushroom soup. (For the record, one should never put cream of mushroom soup in queso.)
Check the date, Vox . . . that tweet was from 2016:
Queso recipe: velveeta, rotel, cream of mushroom soup, cream cheese, sausage, bacon, heavy cream, diced jalapeños, fresh tomato & cilantro
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) January 10, 2016
And the cream of mushroom queso looks pretty good, Dana:
How can this not win the queso contest @thefive pic.twitter.com/zb9Bm1kagE
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) January 10, 2016
Oh, and by the way Vox? That cream of mushroom queso was the winner:
I won the queso contest! @TheFive pic.twitter.com/0jHnuOx5lC
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) January 10, 2016
Never change, Vox. Never. Change.
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Related:
Dana Perino made queso for the Super Bowl and blue-check libs instantly politicized it https://t.co/ydxsfN8HOd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 4, 2019
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