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'That's Not Food, That's Punishment' – Meghan Markle Slammed For VERY Bizarre Way She Cooks Pasta
MEGHAN Markle's pasta cooking technique has been slammed by online trolls.
Just 10 minutes into episode one of With Love, Meghan, which dropped on Netflix this morning, the Duchess of Sussex was seen tackling a dish called "skillet spaghetti".
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Meghan Markle cooking 'skillet spaghetti' in episode one of With Love, MeghanCredit: Netflix
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She revealed her American twist on the Italian stapleCredit: Netflix
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Her technique might make Italians winceCredit: NetflixShe said she makes it regularly for Prince Harry and their kids Archie and Lilibet.
But, while rustling up the dish with make-up artist Daniel Martin, she used a US twist on the Italian staple which she said her children love - but it's something purists might wince at.
The duchess simply pours "three cups" of boiling water onto the spaghetti and then puts the lid on.
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And also described the spaghetti as "noodles".
Meg said "when I make this, I make it for my family" before clarifying "not that my children are eating heaps of noodles but I will make enough so that I can put leftovers in their lunchbox".
Describing how the dish has ties to her old blog The Tig, she says: "This skillet spaghetti would have been on there."
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She said she would be using an entire packet of spaghetti and "three and a half cups of boiling water, give or take".
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One cruel troll wrote online: "That's not food - that's punishment!"
Another described the dish as a "Pinterest Pot Noodle".
One person said: "With so little water, the dish must be a gluey, sticky, starchy brick."
Another pointed out: "Looks like fettuccini or linguini to me, not spaghetti."
Another questioned: "She gives her kids leftover 'noodles' in their lunchboxes? Where are they in school?"
And another: "Her food looks very basic and a bit boring."
Writing on X, someone asked why, if Harry is such a good cook as she claims in one episode, "maybe ask him for a few cooking tips".
Another said: "She's the most unoriginal home cooking and decor 'creative' out there."
Royal author Hugo Vickers told The Sun Meg "opens herself up to a lot of criticism".
He said: "People will say variously, well, where do these recipes come from?
"We've seen them before, or in some cases they're saying, you know, you should not put pasta on the top of the tomatoes and then put boiling water on the top.
"That would not be done in Italy. That's a disaster.
"We don't actually get any sort of clue at the end as to what the ingredients that you would need if you wanted to follow any of these recipes.
"So I guess I guess following the recipes isn't really the point of the whole thing. And there are obviously times, too, when you know there's a cut."
However, not everyone has judged her pasta-making so harshly.
One person wrote on X it was a "must to try and make", while another added: "I'm definitely gonna make that pasta".
And a third said: "I always do a bit of sauce at the bottom of the plate before the pasta too!"
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Meghan brings a lighthearted tone to cookingCredit: Instagram
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She makes a number of simple dishes, alongside celeb palsCredit: Instagram
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Meghan and Harry during episode 8 share an awkward kissCredit: NetflixThe response from many viewers to the new show overall has been mixed.
Across eight 33-minute episodes the mum-of-two made cringe jokes about her bacon, shared recipes with pals, learnt from celeb chefs and even became emotional over bees.
One penned on X: "I'm not even 30 seconds into the first episode and I already know that With Love, Meghan is the FAKESTEST stuff ever."
Another added: "Six minutes of with love Meghan... Ok only for richest people..So.. Bye bye."
"All of Meghan Markle's "recipes" can be found on Pinterest," claimed someone else.
In one cringey food moment, Meg mimicks Fred Flintsone by pulling out a fish bone and saying "yabadabadoo" during a cooking session with pals Abigail Spencer and Kelly Zafjen.
Then at another point jokes that "my bacon brings all the boys to the yard", and says when she cooks the salty meat Harry and the three dogs suddenly appear in the kitchen.
While making breakfast, she says: "I find when I'm cooking bacon, my kitchen very immediately becomes full of husband and three dogs. It's not my perfume that's bringing them all in. My bacon brings all the boys to the yard."
In one bizarre moment, Meg gets flustered and tells her guest Alice Waters "I feel like you're watching me fall in love" as she eats a turnip.
Meg later recalls being a "latchkey kid", growing up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners watching Jeopardy.
Her favourites were Pollo Loco and Taco Bell where she ate the Mexican pizza with extra hot sauce and "Jack in the Box because my mum loved their tacos".
In the same episode, Meg reveals her odd party bags for kids, which include gardening tools, peas and seeds and a manuka honey stick for "something sweet".
Meg also tells Mindy that Harry cracks salt over every meal.
She says: "I have a family, a husband, who no matter what meal is put in front of him, before he tastes it, puts salt on. So I try to under-salt."
Mindy jokes: "I love knowing that your husband likes it salty."
At the end of episode six, Meg is joined by other members of her "Mom Squad" for Mexican food, cocktails and games of Mah Jongg on the patio.
She even teases her next book might be Game Night Cooking.
In the same episode, she manages to style out a slightly embarrassing moment, when she squirts juice over her arms and face while juicing a blood orange.
She says: "I'm fine, that woke us all up."
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Meghan with her pals Abigail Spencer and Kelly ZafjenCredit: COURTESY OF NETFLIX
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Meghan and her pals during a Mah Jongg game nightCredit: COURTESY OF NETFLIX
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Viewers have poked fun at Meghan's dancingCredit: Instagram'Lemony Miso Gochujang Brown Butter Gnocchi' Was A Joke, Then A Meme—now It's A Real Dish
'We started with a meme, and now we have lunch.'
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A viral joke about trendy fusion food has come full circle. The New York Times Cooking Instagram account recently turned "lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi"—a meme meant to mock NYT recipes and whitewashed culinary trends—into an actual dish. Food writer Eric Kim recreated the satirical recipe in a cooking video on Instagram, asking viewers for more meme-inspired dish ideas.
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@shreyabasu003/X Fans of the meme went wild over the video, crying, laughing, demanding jail time, and, of course, criticizing Kim's cooking.
What is the lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi meme?References to lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi and similar recipes slamming a bunch of trendy food words together started back in 2023 as a way to poke fun at New York Times recipes specifically. As it evolved, people referenced Trader Joe's and wealthy neighborhoods dominated by white people in social media posts listing mishmashes of ingredients from different cultures.
@homeofsexuals/X In early 2025, the phrase "lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi" became the favored variation of the meme as its popularity accelerated. It's meant to mock mostly rich white people who borrow heavily from non-white cultures to make complicated "fusion" recipes in an attempt to look cool in front of other Trader Joe's shoppers and New York Times readers.
Meme origins and spreadThe first known variation of the recipe meme called it "harissa miso gochujang sheet pan angel hair pasta," and was tweeted by @babytajine on May 16, 2023, attributing it to "Every NYT recipe."
@babytajine/X The post didn't get much traction, but a similar tweet by @bobbyonmain on March 6, 2024, racked up over two million views. The text post reads, "Every recipe is now butter bean harissa miso gochujang pasta."
@babytajine/X X user @shreyabasu003 tweeted "NYT recipes: Lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi" on Jan. 19, 2025, jokingly citing the New York Times as inspiration. This post gained over 2.7 million views
@shreyabasu003/X From there, jokes about this specific recipe took off, showing up about other rich and/or white people things and mixing with other memes until the New York Times itself took notice.
Eric Kim's lemony miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi recipeOn Feb. 25, 2025, @nytcooking on Instagram posted a video featuring Eric Kim (@ericjoonho), a Korean-American food columnist for The New York Times Magazine. He starts the video by referencing the meme, but also says he thinks the recipe "would taste good."
Kim begins by cooking shelf-stable gnocchi in oil and adds the butter and garlic to brown in the same pan, mixing in more oil with the gochujang and miso. He then squeezes in fresh lemon juice and adds a bit of water, sweetening it with maple syrup.
Finally, Kim tops the gnocchi with a handful of arugula as a salad, adding a little more oil, salt and pepper, and more lemon juice.
"So, there you have it," Kim says.
"We started with a meme, and now we have lunch. I want to hear more of your Mad Lib recipe titles and maybe we'll try them out."
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Trolls Accuse Meghan Of Ripping Off LA Food Blogger – Who's Also Called Meg – With Recipe On Cringe Netflix Show
TROLLS have accused Meghan Markle of ripping off a food blogger in her Netflix series.
The Duchess of Sussex's With Love, Meghan cookery programme landed this morning - and features the royal catching up with pals and showing off her kitchen skills.
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Meghan made a Fruit Rainbow in her showCredit: Netflix
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The dish was prepared in episode 2Credit: Netflix
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The recipe was compared to another food blogger, also called MegCredit: TwitterAcross eight 33-minute episodes the mum-of-two made jokes about her bacon, shared recipes with pals, learnt from celeb chefs and even became emotional over bees.
Now, some viewers have accused the Duchess of Sussex of copying LA-based food blogger Meg Quinn who posts under "Ain't too proud Meg".
In her Netflix show, Meghan is seen in the kitchen explaining how to lay out fruit to make a "Fruit Rainbow."
But the social media account pointed out that the Duchess had simply ripped off Quinn's exact recipe and layout.
The critical post read: "Meghan Markle copied food blogger Ain't too proud to Meg.
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"She couldn't even change up some of the fruits!"
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It is not the first time the Duchess of Sussex has been accused of copying others, whether in the trailer for With Love, Meghan or the finished Netflix production.
It comes after Meghan was accused of copying Pamela Anderson's cooking show.
Fans compared the trailer for the duchess' series to Anderson's series, "Pamela's Cooking With Love," which premiered recently.
The two former TV stars live more than a thousand miles apart, yet both are smiling and giggling in brightly lit country kitchens, filming aspirational cooking with photogenic friends and famous chefs.
Meghan Markle's 'car crash' Netflix show is total charade - it's so fake & tonelessBoth shows have almost indistinguishable themes, shots, language and behaviours including almost identical opening sequences.
The hosts both walk into the garden, look at the plants before waving to the chefs and their loved ones to join them in the kitchen.
Unfortunately for Meg, her show was also described by social media users as the "FAKEST stuff ever" and "only for the richest people".
"All of Meghan Markle's "recipes" can be found on Pinterest," claimed someone else.
She also mimicks Fred Flintsone by pulling out a fish bone and saying "yabadabadoo" during a cooking session with pals Abigail Spencer and Kelly Zafjen.
In other moments during the show, Meghan at one point jokes that "my bacon brings all the boys to the yard".
She also says when she cooks the salty meat Harry and the three dogs suddenly appear in the kitchen.
The duchess, while arranging some flowers, later produces a makeshift bin to put any rubbish in and says she is such a clean freak her daughter Lilibet has made up a song called "clean as you go" which the royal then does a brief rendition of.
In one bizarre moment, Meg gets flustered and tells her guest Alice Waters "I feel like you're watching me fall in love" as she eats a turnip.
She also reveals the music she listens to most includes yacht rock and French dinner party tunes.
Friend Mindy Kaling asks image-conscious Meg about her "look" but the duchess has no idea what she means before saying in a funny accent: "Oh my, look, she likes my look!"
In the same exchange, she then corrects Mindy who referred to her as "Meghan Markle", saying she's a "Sussex" now, adding: "This is our family name."
During one episode she also reveals how she grew up on fast food and TV dinners, admitting she ate "a lot of Taco Bell, Jack in the Box".
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