Just heard this on one of the "dear food network" specials. A woman is badly chopping some herbs and says that it will look rustic and homemade and Tyler Florence says (and oh, I love this!), "You can bury a lot by calling it rustic."
Yup. I agree. Sometimes you purposely are looking for that rustic look but sometimes the word is used as a cover for things being sloppy, lumpy, uneven, chunky, unpeeled, or done in a lazy way.
Beef stew is a rustic dish. Lumpy mashed potatoes are just lumpy.
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