By Simone Sebastian and Heather Grossmann
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — An informal DNAinfo poll showed that New Yorkers largely sided with AG Andrew Cuomo's Italian-American mother in her food fight this week with celebrity chef Sandra Lee, her son's girlfriend.
Cuomo's mom had thrown rotten tomatoes at the lasagna recipe used by Lee, which reportedly included tomato soup and cottage cheese.
"No, that's not how you make lasagna," said Andre Blake, shaking his head indignantly.
But Blake wanted the gubernatorial candidate to know that his girlfriend's cooking wouldn't affect Blake's opinion of him.
"Mr. Cuomo, I won't hold it against you that your girl don't know how to make lasagna," Blake added, though he recommended that Lee head down to Little Italy and figure it out.
Terrance Atkinson, of Woodside, Queens, was having none of the recipe.
"Cottage cheese, apple cider...That's ridiculous, c'mon," Atkinson said with a a snort.
A fellow Queens man, William Vergara, agreed.
"If you add another cheese you're changing the flavor, so it's not lasagna anymore," said Vergara. "You're eating something else."
For his part, Cuomo, played the roll of diplomatic politician.
"Sandy makes a beautiful lasagna. My mother makes a beautiful lasagna. And on this issue, I'm going to be very, very careful," Cuomo told host Fred Dicker on Albany's Talk 1300.
