What do you think ‘slut’ meant?

I assume that the dessert is very easy, requiring no effort at all.
That is what a slut would make as it needs no work put in.
A slut does very little in the house or indeed anywhere.

FannyCornforth

Slut red raspberries sounds horrible!
And she must be using slut in the wanton sense there; you wouldn’t have Untidy red raspberries, would you?

I would. My presentation skills are zero.

Slut red raspberries sounds horrible!
And she must be using slut in the wanton sense there; you wouldn’t have Untidy red raspberries, would you?

'a sluts work is never done' is a quote from Larkrise to Candleford by Flora Thompson. It seems that this was the women's view of other women who were not that particular in their housework. I always thought that it meant females who had low morales. Guess that Nigellas team want maximum fuss. Why women in the 21st century would refer to each other in this way is beyond me. The term is outdated and should be consigned to history.

Nigella introduced me to puttanesca spaghetti, which is apparently yer actual Italian for tarts’ spaghetti, so there is a bit of theme there.

FC.
Slut red raspberries. . . to Ruby Red Raspberries
It suddenly appeared as a headline on my phone this morning.

I think slut originally meant someone who was untidy and dirty but it quickly started being applied to prostitutes because it also implied being casual. What it has to do with a dessert is beyond me.

Slut is untidy a bit mucky
Slag is a woman who is sexually putting it around in my dictionary
Nigella Lawson just likes to shock so it doesn’t surprise me at all I don’t follow her so I wouldn’t bother using her made up names for puds

I agree with Esspee.

Not a nice word, could go on the ‘words I dislike’ thread.

Yes, when I was growing up and teenage girls were slinging insults, slut was synonymous with the equally unpleasant slag.
(I actually hated even typing that last word.)
Molly, what has La Lawson called her dessert? And what was it previously?

Slut to me means low standards as in housekeeping, personal hygiene and morals.
What relevance that has to food is beyond me.