Exactly two weeks after she was elected for her second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser waded into her first great post-election scandal Tuesday night. She decided to air some controversial feelings about D.C.’s iconic mumbo sauce on her Facebook account.

In a rare unfiltered moment, Bowser expressed her annoyance at people’s insistence that mumbo sauce defines D.C. cuisine.

“Is anyone else annoyed by mumbo sauce?” she said. “I wish people would stop suggesting that it is quintessential D.C.”

Mumbo sauce is a staple condiment in the city often served out of Chinese carryout restaurants and eaten with fried chicken wings or french fries (or, honestly, anything).

Bowser posted the status late Tuesday night, and as the hours wore on the outraged comments accumulated. Many refused to believe the post was even real. A user named Calvin Billy Boots opined, “This can’t be real? This either has to be a fake page or someone hacked her page or something. I refuse to believe this woman was dumb enough to publicly make this statement. Nah, can’t be.”

Alas, the post is in fact real. Mayoral spokesperson LaToya Foster provided the following statement to DCist:

“The Mayor wanted to provide DC residents something to discuss on Thanksgiving beyond the midterm elections, backup quarterbacks and holiday shopping deals. All may participate in the debate; however, DC residents must lead the mumbo sauce portion.”

This morning the mayor’s status has ignited something of a firestorm. Several commenters and other people on social media have suggested the mayor’s point of view is reflective of how out of touch she is with the wants, needs, and lived experiences of majority black parts of the city–despite being a black woman and a native Washingtonian herself.

A commenter named Constance Lindsay wrote “So the point is basically to disassociate herself with certain types of black people in the city. Got it. Although her choices around education and affordable housing already reflect who she serves.”

The lawyer who sued D.C. for policies that he says have propelled gentrification, Ari Theresa, posted a poem on his Facebook page ostensibly written from the mayor’s point of view. It disparages mumbo sauce as “what those poor negros eat.”

Still others defended the mayor or suggested that it’s perfectly possible to grow up in the city without ever eating mumbo sauce. A commenter named Tonya Jackson said, “I think it all depends on exposure. Just because you grew up in the city, doesn’t mean you experienced everything in the city.”

As yet others pointed out, mumbo sauce was technically created in Chicago–arguments could be made that it’s not “quintessentially D.C.,” as the mayor says.

But mostly, people were upset. Commenter Michael Stratmoen opined on the eve of the holiday, “Muriel Bowser ruined Thanksgiving.”