Back when I was learning to cook, a Quenelle was a sort of fish ball

You did it with fish that wasn't particularly good on its own - sort of minced it up and added herbs and (I think, it was a long time ago) egg and breadcrumbs

How did it come to mean "reverse Nazi salute"??

Posted By: Old Git on January 30th 2014 at 17:32:30

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Back when I was learning to cook, a Quenelle was a sort of fish ball (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 17:32:30
- Call that a salute (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 30, 17:41:58
  - would have loved to seen the response on here if a working class white Englishman (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 30, 17:47:21
    - Would have been no different, at least from me (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 17:50:59
      - we're all agreed then, anti Semitism from nigel the skinhead (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 30, 18:09:55
        
        Yes, of course is it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 18:13:22
        
        thanks, i'll shut up now! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 30, 18:17:27
      - i believe that from you, there are plenty on here i wouldn't though. (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 30, 17:55:19
  - That bottom flag has something like a Star of David in the middle (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 17:43:29
    - It's a Red Hand salute (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 30, 17:44:39
- The appropriate response to it is "'kinell, you racist cunt, don't do that here" (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 17:36:13
  - See? I'm not going senile (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 17:41:46
- something to do with pineapples. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 30, 17:33:43
  - Too gnomic, please expand (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 17:35:00
    - not really that connected (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 30, 17:43:59
      - Thank you (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 17:49:58
        
        Is that why you got sacked as a chef? (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 17:52:13
        
        You haven't watched enough Masterchef (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 30, 17:51:42
        
        No, I knew that a quenelle was a cooking thing, because I remember being taught to make (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 17:55:37
        
        Drizzle, Foam and Soil - solicitors to the local old folks' home? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 17:52:48
        
        Garry's fave (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 30, 17:51:07
        
        oh no (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jan 30, 17:56:20
        
        oh yes! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 30, 17:57:47
        
        are Pineapples involved? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jan 30, 17:59:04
        
        if that's what you want (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 30, 19:32:44

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