Obama: No, peas don’t go in guac

President Obama has spoken: peas have no place in any decent guacamole recipe.

The commander in chief weighed in on the brewing, avocado-filled controversy during a Twitter chat on Wednesday.

Social media had been buzzing earlier after The New York Times published a green pea guacamole recipe and suggested in a tweet that readers “trust us” and add the unlikely ingredient to the classic dip.

But when a journalist posed the question to Obama, he sided with green pea critics, replying on Twitter:

respect the nyt, but not buying peas in guac. onions, garlic, hot peppers. classic. https://t.co/MEEI8QHH1V

— President Obama (@POTUS) July 1, 2015

The recipe — whose author wrote the peas add “intense sweetness and a chunky texture” — also drew the venom of other guacamole enthusiasts.

The Twitter account of the Republican Party of Texas wrote:

The @nytimes declared war on Texas when they suggested adding green peas to guacamole. http://t.co/EDTqbzzsyE pic.twitter.com/FHjTvCaNj7

— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) July 1, 2015

Why would anyone add guacamole to perfectly good peas?

— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) July 1, 2015