Talk:Quenelle

Cuttlefish ink?

The caption on the pictures says cuttlefish ink was used to dye them black, but cuttlefish ink is sepia, not black. --216.67.5.199 (talk) 06:59, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Many persons call that particular colour black, as they call very dark brown hair "black" (though it is not, and there is black hair) or bruised eyes "black" (though one may argue they are actually bluish-purplish brown); in short, any very dark colour has been called "black" by some writer or other--whether for good or for ill, I leave it to you. 64.60.100.162 (talk) 09:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

More representative image

Since a classic quenelle is white (made from pike), I suggest leading with a corresponding image. The existing quenelle with squid ink image could accompany a new section of text on variations (including dessert quenelles made from ice cream and side dish quenelles made from potatoes.Penelope Gordon (talk) 08:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Quenelle quote

In late 1949 Julia's husband Paul Child wrote to his brother regarding the results of Julia's first six weeks' training at Le Cordon Bleu. To quote Bob Spitz in his book Dearie The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, "In that time alone, he [Paul Child] figured, she [Julia Child] had turned out a fantastic array of dishes, including... ...and a brochette of feathery-light pike quenelles laced with cream, a 'delicate triumph of French cooking' that took Julia days, if not weeks, to perfect, but 'which ends up on a plate as a sort of white, suspiciously suggestive thing disguised by a yellowish sauce for which, if you saw it on the rug, you'd promptly spank the cat.' Not much to look at, even downright ugly, perhaps - but so delicious that Paul gobbled it up".Penelope Gordon (talk) 09:01, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Additional meaning?

Shouldn't this article mention that in France the word "quenelle" has recently attained a new meaning? It is now also used by members of the extreme right to designate a racist gesture. According to:

• Le Monde of 11 Septenber 2013 (http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2013/09/11/l-armee-va-sanctionner-deux-militaires-pour-un-geste-repute-antisemite_3475367_3210.html, retrieved 11 Dec 2013) the French army has found it necessary to prohibit the use of the "quenelle" because of its frequent use in the forces.
• Le Monde of 11 December 2013 (http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/12/11/quenelle-comment-un-geste-provocateur-est-devenu-un-embleme_3528089_823448.html, retrieved 11 Dec 2013) both the gesture and the word "quenelle" in its new meaning have been further popularized by a French comedian indicted for instigating racial hatred.

Seafarer61 (talk) 18:08, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes. French footballer Nicolas Anelka has just made the gesture in England provoking a storm of criticism in France (28 December 2013)

why isn't the quenelle protest gesture listed herein?

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