To hate the current craze for calling food 'dirty'?

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Just that really, what is it about calling food 'dirty'? That word had really negative connotations for me so I'm willing to accept it's my issue, but where did it come from and why?

What do you mean like dirty Greggs? It’s not new really, we were laughing about that 20 years ago

Not heard this one myself, dirty in what way?

Like a McDonald's 'dirty breakfast'? I just take it to mean food of low or little nutritional value. But under some circumstances it's a treat?

I guess OP means like 'clean eating' hence other foods being 'dirty'

In what context? I'm well over 40 and have heard this for years, if it's what I think you mean.

user87382294757 oh I see like the vegan craze eggs being bad for you 😂

Like dirty fries?

M&S do a side dish called 'Dirty Fries'. They are potato wedges with cheese and chilli. Nothing remotely dirty about them but very tasty.

Dirty fries

Dirty burger

It’s gross and I agree.

Innate the term cheeky that's just as shit

Like ‘dirty fries’ which I think is fries covered in cheese sauce and/or other bits? I agree, it’s a bit odd...I’d like to think my fries might not be particularly healthy covered in cheese sauce, but hopefully not actually dirty.

I’ve only heard of dirty rice and that’s been around forever.

Yes I see this all the time, so irritating. Like cheesy chips now rebranded "dirty fries". Ok they are not healthy choices, but way to make people feel guilt-ridden. Can't be great for those with eating disorders to see such negative language.

Dirty crisps - eating Bobby's Burger Bites instead of Kettles

It used to be used for food that was undoubtedly unhealthy and of questionable cleanliness eg a late night kebab.

The word then got appropriated to describe an arbitrary selection of normal healthy food by various self-promoters to create anxiety in the gullible and turn them to followers. A modern day religion if you will.

Eg cheese used to be normal, and so people ate in moderation without worrying about. Call it "dirty" and people need to find new recipe ideas...

There's things on menus called dirty fries and they're basically chips covered in loads of junk

There’s a Mexican style restaurant on our high street called Dirties. It really puts me off going there.

I’ve only heard of ‘dirty fries’ (chips w/ chilli) and ‘dirty chai’ (chai tea w/ coffee)

I agree, it’s not helpful to think of food like this.

And then purveyors of "dirty" food try reclaiming the wood as a badge of honour. Eg "dirty fries" at a wannabe trendy burger restaurant but it just furthers the nonsense.

Dunno about current, they’ve been serving dirty rice in New Orleans for many years.

Isn't dirty rice an old Cajun dish?

I have to admit I've never heard the phrase before, but I'd have taken it to be a way to make us feel bad for eating things not particularly healthy, or that wouldn't fit in with this 'clean eating' thing.

Dirty fries/rice have been around for ages. They're dirty because of the colour of the spice on them. It makes them look dirty.

My 2.5 year old has taken to calling EVERYTHING dirty. No idea where he’s picked it up from- although I did live in Hackney while I was pregnant so maybe it was in the air, and he got it through the umbilical cord, like smoking or gin.

Either way, today he’s had “Dirty Shreddies” “Dirty Happles” “Dirty DIRTY crackers” and I was branded “Dirty Silly Mummy!” - an epithet I don’t deserve at all, as have never been as utterly painfully undirty as I am as the lone parent to a toddler.

Off to sing Christina Aguilera and look at old photos of me in leather trousers eating kebabs .... —misses the point—