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MasterChef contestant faces backlash for calling Asian food 'dirty'
- Thread starter Richiek
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Philadelphia Collins was the first thing I thought of as well.
Yeah there's nowt wrong with that, and I feel sorry for her if she's being attacked over this. It's just some slang not translating over, I know 100% I've referred to takeaways as dirty, including Chinese. Heard it said many a time too, it's not derogatory in the slightest. This just needs cleared up, I get what she means when she says 'dirty food refined'.
That show is probably responsible for it's (somewhat) continued use here in Nova Scotia, at least by the generation who grew up watching it.
Tricky one. It's a totally valid phrasing over here, and I don't think there was any ill intent whatsoever, but I don't think her getting defensive was the right call either.
With that said, the framing in this OP is garbage. It is a way more nuanced issue, and referring to dirty food is in no way condemnatory, or even a criticism.
With that said, the framing in this OP is garbage. It is a way more nuanced issue, and referring to dirty food is in no way condemnatory, or even a criticism.
Yeah, It's an unfortunate use of a term, particularly 'branding' but she's not wrong.
www.theguardian.com
Like in the article I have heard used it referring to extreme comfort food, Guy Fieri types. BBQ, burgers etc.
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Like in the article I have heard used it referring to extreme comfort food, Guy Fieri types. BBQ, burgers etc.
Where are you from? Do you disagree with the people in this thread that have called food dirty?
Yeah, the best way to describe dirty food is everything you crave after getting drunk.
Like post-bar food is all dirty food.
Basic trendy types in the UK use this type of exaggeration a lot.
"That kebab looks like absolute filth"
Translation: it looks amazing.
"That kebab looks like absolute filth"
Translation: it looks amazing.
Dirty burger? Me i guess
also dirty chips / fries or any other thing where there is heaps of matter on top of a thing
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basically how i feel, when you playing in other's yards you got to have respect.
And in fact, if she had said "street food refined," that would have been much easier to understand (and not be offensive).
I always assumed it meant street comfort food. Must be a language barrier between states and the UK
This is my first time hearing the term as well. I also would have had a pretty negative reaction to the phrase. I can't imagine referring to any cuisine as dirty, especially an ethnic category. But it's clear this has some pretty specific connotations where she is from that are not derogatory. I don't blame anybody for responding negatively and perhaps there is a conversation to be had about using esoteric regional slang on a world stage, but I can easily believe this is an international misunderstanding.
Has no one ever had Mexican dirty rice before?
I'm in Canada and it's pretty common, especially in jambalaya and Mexican restaurants.
It's a food descriptor, used in a lot of cultures.
Is this just people getting angry again at something they aren't familiar with?
I'm in Canada and it's pretty common, especially in jambalaya and Mexican restaurants.
It's a food descriptor, used in a lot of cultures.
Is this just people getting angry again at something they aren't familiar with?
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Hot take : she was right not to apologise. She did nothing wrong ! As others have said , filthy/ dirty is really common slang.
This is a U.K. chef on a U.K. programme where almost everyone will get what she means. Sure, Intagram is global but you should maybe take into account context before jumping on someone for such benign stuff
This is a U.K. chef on a U.K. programme where almost everyone will get what she means. Sure, Intagram is global but you should maybe take into account context before jumping on someone for such benign stuff
I am from up norf. Comment was made with some self deprecation, I'm not immune from uttering it after a night out.
If she's strictly referring to street food as "dirty", that's fine. In my community (Cuban) it's not uncommon to refer to street food that way, and it doesn't refer to the food itself, but to where its served, and also the speed at which its served (quick and dirty). It still has an obviously negative connotation that will rub some people the wrong way.
This tune by roots manuva is a sick tune
"Bobson Dugnutt accused of calling UK rap song "sick" ".
"Bobson Dugnutt accused of calling UK rap song "sick" ".
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I disagree. The term "dirty" may be common in the UK, but "dirty" has been used for years a a slur against Chinese immigrants.
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Whether intentional or not, calling Asian food as "dirty" is pretty irresponsible now, considering that there are numerous attacks against Asian claiming they're responsible for spreading COVID because of their lack of hygiene.
I use "dirty" from time to time as well to describe food, probably because Ice lived in the UK for a bit.
But yeah, she didn't mean it in a racist es or anything. It's just a word to describe street food or fast food, but I get why it might offend people at first. Big misunderstanding.
But yeah, she didn't mean it in a racist es or anything. It's just a word to describe street food or fast food, but I get why it might offend people at first. Big misunderstanding.
Dirty rice isn't called that because its street food. It's because it's no longer white.
But I really hate this. It's a way towards a homogenised global language and I think that sucks.
And it only works one way, too. You don't get half as much to do when American writers use terms offensive to other countries.
I can see this happening with people thinking there is nothing wrong about it because it is the UK. I have some UK friends who I got in an argument with because they think it's wholly acceptable to use the work "chink" or to say "lets go get some chinkys" if they want Chinese food. Their excuse was that they don't really have Chinese people where they live and it is just slang so no harm no foul.
Sure, but it has absolutely no correlation to the topic being discussed.
Fair enough :) I usually reserve it for such occasions; I run a food group and if a bit tipsy and see something like a triple layered burger with like 20 toppings that I need maybe extend it to that too; the extreme ends of food portions.
Also, some times 'bad' means 'good' *. As in "Oh man, that burger was sooo bad".
*Note: bad also means bad, but good rarely means bad. Glad I cleared that up.
*Note: bad also means bad, but good rarely means bad. Glad I cleared that up.
But it does. You can't single out one usage of dirty as a food descriptor because it goes against the point you're trying to make.