WATCH: Martha Stewart gets South Africa riled up over ‘desperation pie’ (it's milk tart)
Mzansi is NOT having Martha Stewart’s rendition of our beloved milk tart.
Photo: TikTok/marthastewartliving (screenshot)
Bongani Bingwa catches up on the latest viral content with Jonathan ‘Khabazela’ Fairbairn.
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Martha Stewart’s latest recipe video is going viral on TikTok and South Africans are not having it.
She begins making what she calls a ‘desperation pie’ but as the video progresses, the dish starts to look like something many South Africans know and love: milk tart.
@marthastewartliving The official state pie of Indiana, sugar cream is a regional specialty. It has a rich vanilla custard filling inside a buttery pastry crust. Get the recipe at the link in our bio. #marthastewart #pie #recipe #dessert ♬ original sound - Martha Stewart
Needless to say, no one across social media was happy about her rendition of our loved dish as well as its name.
‘@nomziey: Sounds the call to come together 🇿🇦😂’
‘@nemo_onelove: Milk tart from TEMU’
‘@telola: No! No! Melk tert. Not Desperation Pie. Where is the cinnamon? Girl you have insulted every South Africa 🇿🇦😂’
‘@luiszooo: That milk tart is desperate for cinnamon 🥹🇿🇦’
‘@Spoonkie: Desperation pie? 😳😂Ma'am don't disrespect us like that 🇿🇦
Even Thabo Baloyi was not having it at all.
In a video posted to his TikTok, he says, “The Americans have stolen the milk tart”.
@thabo_baloyi_ The Americans have stolen our milk tart… #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricans #Milktart ♬ original sound - Thabo Baloyi
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