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Original poster

Cwenelle?

80 replies

Spermysextowel · 15/12/2022 21:57

I’ve just seen a Waitrose advert for a blood-orange & chocolate cwenelle. AIBU to be deeply offended?

OP posts:
LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 15/12/2022 21:59

….nope, not a clue what you’re on about, you’ll have to give context

Bouncebacker · 15/12/2022 21:59

With that spelling?!

sickof · 15/12/2022 21:59

What is it?

dementedpixie · 15/12/2022 21:59

The spelling is interesting!

FallopianTubeTrain · 15/12/2022 22:00

I thought this was going to be a baby name thread

BatshitBanshee · 15/12/2022 22:00

..... You mean a quenelle.

monsteronahill · 15/12/2022 22:01

Quenelle?! Why are you offended? Are you okay?

Fairislefandango · 15/12/2022 22:01

Wtf?! Presumably they mean a quenelle?

onepieceoflollipop · 15/12/2022 22:02

It’s just a pudding/dessert

Cwenelle?
RobertaFirmino · 15/12/2022 22:03

Isn't a quenelle also some sort of racist gesture?

UmbilicusProfundus · 15/12/2022 22:03

You realise a cwenelle/quenelle is not a vagina/vulva right? Not sure why someone might be offended.

onepieceoflollipop · 15/12/2022 22:04

Tbh I’m more offended by the fruit called a blood orange, I’m sure it’s delicious but blood and fruit shouldn’t be together!

JaneJeffer · 15/12/2022 22:04

Is it Welsh?

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 15/12/2022 22:04

Google tells me a Quenelle is a meat/fish dish?

Original poster
Spermysextowel · 15/12/2022 22:05

It’s the pronunciation as cwenelle. And to me it looks piped anyway.

OP posts:
Whatsthestorytomorrow · 15/12/2022 22:06

RobertaFirmino · 15/12/2022 22:03

Isn't a quenelle also some sort of racist gesture?

in catering it’s just a shape made with spoons to make things look fancy on the plate

A quenelle is a presentation technique which makes a three-sided oval shape out of soft, malleable dish components, like pâté, cream Chantilly or ice cream.

JaneJeffer · 15/12/2022 22:06

You're not explaining the problem very well @Spermysextowel

TrentCrimm · 15/12/2022 22:06

I think it should be pronounced
K'nelle

like Fuk'nelle

onepieceoflollipop · 15/12/2022 22:06

What’s wrong with piped?

SpicyFoodRocks · 15/12/2022 22:07

I had always thought it was food-related.

Just googled and seen it’s also an antisemitic gesture? I had no idea.

Ameadowwalk · 15/12/2022 22:07

JaneJeffer · 15/12/2022 22:06

You're not explaining the problem very well @Spermysextowel

Agreed

JaneJeffer · 15/12/2022 22:07

Fuk'no

quietnightmare · 15/12/2022 22:07

Huh

dementedpixie · 15/12/2022 22:08

I have always pronounced it as cwenelle
How do you pronounce it?

Each blob on the top is a quenelle shape I think. Dont you watch cookery programmes?