Nigella Lawson has baffled fans with her pronunciation of microwave as ‘meecro-wah-vey’ in the latest episode of her BBC2 cooking show Cook, Eat, Repeat.
The London-born domestic goddess, 60, has caused a stir many times throughout the series, from a recipe for buttered toast to adding liquorice pellets to cheesecake.
But in the latest move for the celebrity cook, Nigella riled up fans with her very odd pronunciation of the cooking device, which she said as she whipped up black pudding meatballs with kale colcannon and brown butter.
While knocking up the rich mashed potatoes with butter, Nigella explained to fans ‘I still need a bit of milk – full fat – which I’ve warmed in the meecro-wah-vey.
The pronunciation is close to the way the word is said in Italian and Spanish, but it’s not clear if Nigella was joking or if this is her usual intonation.
Many fans quickly took to Twitter to comment on the bizarre pronunciation, with some branding her a hero, while others were more baffled.
‘The way @Nigella_Lawson just pronounced ‘microwave’ is a defining moment of 2020. #CookEatRepeat,’ said one.
‘Henceforth, ‘mecrowavay’ shall forever be in my vocabulary and microwave will cease to exist Queen @Nigella_Lawson has spoken,’ another joked.
Nigella Lawson has baffled fans with her pronunciation of microwave as ‘meecro-wah-vey’ in the latest episode of her BBC2 cooking show Cook, Eat, Repeat. The London-born domestic goddess, 60, has caused a stir many times throughout the series, from a recipe for buttered toast to adding liquorice pellets to cheesecake
‘And the country obeyed. Hence forth #meecrowavaay is the new national roll out,’ said a third.
‘@Nigella_Lawson ’s microwave pronunciation has ended me, I LOVE it,’ added another.
‘Meekro-wavé – brilliant!! Also, I did not know I needed a mechanical potato masher in my life,’ commented one.
‘Word of the day is “Mee-cro-wah-vay”: an electronic device used to heat things, courtesy of Nigella Lawson,’ said one.
While knocking up the rich mashed potatoes with butter, Nigella explained to fans ‘I still need a bit of milk – full fat – which I’ve warmed in the meecro-wah-vey,’. She is pictured in the show
Many fans quickly took to Twitter to comment on the bizarre pronunciation, with some branding her a hero, while others were more baffled.
Others described her as ‘legendary’ adding it made them ‘howl’.
‘I think that one legendary sentence shall forever remain up there as my fondest moment and memory of 2020- I don’t think I’ll be able to call it a microwave ever again,’ said one.
‘This made me howl.. my kind of humour is mispronouncing words too,’ said another.
‘Today’s episode is the gift that doesn’t stop giving: Meekrowaav-A,’ joked a third.
It comes just weeks after the cook made another controversial dish on her BBC2 show.
The food writer has embraced leftfield ingredients of late, with a recent episode showing her cook up a curry made from old banana skins, and another showing her share a recipe for buttered toast.
And the latest episode, which airs on BBC2 on Monday evenings, proved no exception, as Nigella drenched a cheesecake in a sauce made from extra strong liquorice pellets.
Nigella Lawson’s ongoing pursuit of ever more interesting ingredients in her BBC2 show left liquorice haters aghast after she created a cheesecake sauce from extra strong pellets of the salty snack – which she fished out of a posh-looking ‘liquorice toolbox’
Many viewers tuning into episode three were left aghast as a delicious-looking ‘Basque burnt cheesecake’ was doused in the unusual sauce made from boiled down Italian liquorice.
Nigella has also shared controversial recipes on Instagram, including a breakfast of egg and leftover pizza.
She wrote: ‘Now this is what I call a breakfast — leftover pizza from my Friday night from ASAP Pizza order, reheated and topped with a poached egg and a splodge of chilli crisp.’
Nigella, 60, posted a picture of her ‘perfect breakfast’ on Instagram, a poached egg on a leftover pizza
Fans were wowed by the upgraded leftovers, with one writing: ‘Wow, that’s my idea of breakfast.’
‘My dream breakfast,’ said another.
‘Oh, that sounds so good,’ penned a third.