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?

sheepofwallst - interesting! I’ll look it up.

But generally. Calling food dirty or cheeky is off putting.

Dirty Martini anyone?

I think it has a feel of disordered eating about it, reflects a rather distorted/guilty relationship towards food. It not dirty/clean, it's about balance, portion sizes, stuff like that.

I assumed 'dirty' meant fastfood/takeaway type meals sort of comfort food. I was given a Dirty Vegan cookbook and that's the type of meals in it. Calling it 'dirty' doesnt really bother me.

Mind you, someone told me the other day, that they had heard that a dirty vegan was someone who followed a vegan diet but had the occasional bit of meat - not a vegan at all basically. New one on me.

I’ve only ever heard of a dirty martini.

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.

The same sort of places that have popularised ‘Mac ‘n’ Cheese’ instead of macaroni cheese, and that think if they bung a bit of paprika on coleslaw and call it ‘slaw’ it somehow becomes interesting (meaning they can charge twice the price for it).

Used to work in a chinese takeaway. Let's just say our "dirty rice" had a special ingredient from yours truly ;)

Don't complain about the service is my advice ;)

I too loathe it. Wouldn’t ever eat anywhere called it or with it on menu. Always think it is epitome of older men trying to make money out of the very worst of laddish was - and through food !
Also anything ‘cheeky’ or ‘crafty’

Laddishness

It's the opposite of clean eating so dirty instead of clean.

‘Pot ’ (purposeful us spelling there) is often involved

‘Pot liqor’

I love the two guys in the Hairy Bikers but I can't buy their books.

Hairy and food are just a no no together. It puts me off.

The idea of a food being dirty because against what is labelled as clean eating, the fries loaded with cheese and crappy but tasty toppings are sooooo dirty..... It's worse when they call them mucky fries.

When I adopted my dog two months ago he was described as having mucky teeth. Yeah. He had all but his four canines pulled put. That's mucky/ dirty.

I think Dirty Martini is just pretty acceptable, but am very put off anything edible with this description