'Hand Salad' recipe sparks emotional reactions across social media

Bon Appetit's latest hand salad isn't winning many fans. (iStock)

A recipe for something foodie magazine Bon Appetit is calling "Hand Salad" is taking the Internet by storm.

On Monday, the gourmet food monthly tweeted out a link for a salad dish with a yogurt-lemon dressing saying, “It’s called a ‘hand salad’ but let’s not focus on that.”

Well, the Internet could not not focus on it.

It's called a "hand salad" but let's not focus on that https://t.co/fRTxgR79cY pic.twitter.com/XWY0mbAqF4
— Bon Appétit (@bonappetit) March 27, 2017

According to the recipe description, the appetizer is named a "hand salad" because “lettuce and dip” doesn’t sound quite as fun.

The recipe, which calls for plain full-fat yogurt, grated garlic, fresh lemon juice, kosher salt, black pepper, and romaine hearts, immediately sparked a range of reactions across social media.

Twitter users were pretty hard on Bon Appetit's latest hand salad, unleashing their wit, sarcasm and wrath on social media:

@bonappetit We call that leaves & sauce where I'm from.
— Rich (@HeightMen) March 27, 2017

@bonappetit Submitting my 'hand sandwich' recipe for review. Dinner guests will get a hoot over this fun summertime treat. pic.twitter.com/FPTLNyI7AT
— Erick Sanchez (@erickmsanchez) March 27, 2017

@bonappetit pic.twitter.com/nztFc4bUKH
— Aaron Heinsman (@aaron_fool) March 27, 2017

@bonappetit "How Millennials are ruining salads"
— Miss Heartcore (@missheartcore) March 27, 2017

@bonappetit so...is it still a hand salad if I sub tortilla chips for the romaine? And guac for the "dressing"? 😐
— Kemiiiiiii (@kaebasc) March 28, 2017

@bonappetit This is what I call "hand salad". #potatoesareavegetable pic.twitter.com/GwQXpVrJlL
— Kendra Bailey Morris (@fatbackandfoie) March 28, 2017

The humor wasn't completely lost on Bon Appetit, either. One day after their initial recipe tweet, the magazine retweeted a meme filled with photos of "notable hand salads through history."

This isn’t the first time the foodie magazine released a recipe for a hand salad.

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In 2016, Bon Appetit released a recipe for “Hand Salad With Buttermilk, Grapefruit and Mixed Seeds." But unlike the hand salad with lemon-yogurt dressing, which currently has zero ratings, Bon Appetit's users awarded last year's recipe five stars.