Talk:Raclette

message: Since June 2006 the AOC for Raclette is not valid anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.231.190.94 (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: AOC for Raclette no longer valid

message: "Raclette was mentioned in medieval writings as a particularly nutritious meal.."  Even one genuine early mention would actually provide information. Medieval concepts of nutrition were actually based on the four humours: the "nutritiousness" of the meal "in medieval writings" sounds spurious to me. Is this sentence all babble, "babblicious' or just demi-babble? --Wetman 08:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Medieval concepts of nutritious meal

message: How do you say this, both in English and French? A little IPA would help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.226.1 (talk) 17:30, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added to the article the first pronunciation found in the OED. Carl.bunderson (talk) 22:52, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation  

message: The article currently reads "Raclette is both a type of cheese and, informally, a dish featuring the cheese." Surely this is absurd. "Racler" in French means to scrape.  Why would a cheese be named "scrape"?  Preparing the dish involves scraping melting cheese off the wheel.  Many cheeses will work for this.  I suspect (but will check and come back with sources) that naming a specific cheese "raclette" is a relatively recent innovation. --Macrakis (talk) 23:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cheese came after dish

message: This article is accompanied by two photographs, one of classic raclette — a dish of melted cheese served simply with potatoes, cornichons and onions — and another which appears to be a charcuterie table with cheese.   I lived my teenaged years in la Suisse Romande and attended boarding school in Fribourg, the heart of raclette (and fondue) country:   So far as I know this charcuterie concept is entirely bogus, having nothing to do with authentic raclette.   Perhaps the charcuterie version is a recent repackaging to commercialize raclette for foreign tastes, or maybe an exotic derivative which sprang-up far from raclette's native cantons Vaud, Fribourg and Genève.  Either way, the photo, along with the body text describing accompaniments other than classic potatoes, cornichons and onions, is no more raclette than swirling pineapple bits in chocolate is fondue.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMacIntyre (talk • contribs) 04:06, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I confirm this. Having grown up in both France during the eighties raclette was often served with charcuterie. The dish that uses cheese exclusively is the fondue which is also present in Switzerland. --JamesPoulson (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  All The Trimmings?   There's No Charcuterie in Raclette! 

message: Raclette was mentioned in medieval writings as a particularly nutritious meal consumed by peasants in mountainous Switzerland. Oh dear. This would be more interesting if any specific "medieval writings" could be mentioned. Culinary history claiming ancient origins (cf. Neapolitan cuisine) is a commonplace and often unfounded. Specific context renders such a statement creditable and informative.--Wetman (talk) 23:35, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "medieval writings" 

message: The last few edits have been rather counter-productive. Either it is a French dish or it isn't, is what needs to be sorted out. It looks like The Swiss camp would disagree, but then they must provide some kind of proof, as must the French camp.--JeR (talk) 01:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is French. Raclette is a French Word.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.246.206.133 (talk) 23:26, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It exists in France but part of the Swiss population speaks French so some traditions would naturally cross from one to the other. Perhaps both views should be presented. --JamesPoulson (talk) 01:30, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the dish Swiss or French or both? 

message: In the text I think you mix the chees and the dish. The german word Bratchäs refers to the dish and not the chees. (2A02:120B:2C17:5550:7568:2565:40FC:CFF5 (talk) 15:29, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cheese/dish 

message: Should the article mention the smell of this cheese? It is a pretty significant smell (although delicious). 50.52.110.224 (talk) 23:47, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smell of the cheese