Talk:Bouillabaisse

message: An audio pronunciation would be nice for this tricky word, bearing in mind that Americans seem to pronounce it in a more Anglified way than the British (perhaps because the British are closer to France). 86.150.130.12 16:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: comments

message: Per WP:NOTHOWTO, I would argue that while a description of bouillabaisse's ingredients and an outline of a typical recipe is important, a step-by-step recipe belongs in Wikibooks. --Killing Vector (talk) 14:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.--345Kai (talk) 05:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  inclusion of the recipe 

message: "Live octopus"? 
That seems unlikely and pointless. Is it nonsense, or is this true (and still nonsense!)?Jimjamjak (talk) 15:17, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello SiefkinDR, I hope you're well. I think explaining the preparation and ingredients in a traditional bouillabaisse is important, but a recipe is not the right way to do it. If we use the featured article Gumbo (recently on the main page) as a model, we can see that it explains what goes into it and summarises how it is prepared, but does not give explicit instructions on how to prepare it. At the bottom however, there is a link to a recipe that does give instructions on how to prepare it, because readers might be interested; certainly we can link to an article containing the recipe, but the recipe itself is not in the scope of an encyclopaedia article. Moreover, I disagree that 'the only way to understand the real bouillabaisse is by seeing the recipe'; as an occasional chef at best who would have no idea how to prepare it, the recipe doesn't help me to understand the dish at all, and if I went to a restaurant and ordered it I'd have no idea how they prepared it anyway. While the recipe may be interesting to some readers, the majority probably would learn more from an encyclopaedic summary (which I would be glad to help you write). Regards, Intelligentsium 22:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As an additional comment, I think the presence of the recipe might mislead readers into a too-narrow view of the dish, since this is only one restaurant's interpretation and recipes, the article states, 'vary from family to family' and 'local restaurants dispute which versions are the most authentic'. There is also the possibility that the recipe is under some type of copyright or legal protection, but I am not well-versed enough in these areas to give a proper opinion. Intelligentsium 22:26, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

text: still, the recipe should NOT be here.  List of typical ingredients, and general outline, sure, but not an actual recipe.  That goes against all wikipedia standards.--345Kai (talk) 05:07, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Octopus 

message: This article describes Rouille as a spiced Mayonnaise (or Aioli) (made from egg yolk, oil, and spices), while the Rouille article itself describes the sauce as made of bread, oil, and spices. (no egg) (and the French entry lists potatoes, oil, and angler fish liver as main ingredients...) can someone relsove this?? -- megA (talk) 14:34, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rouille: Mayonnaise or not? 

message: The original caption is in Catalan:
"Plat de bullabessa amb torradetes de pa untades amb salsa rolla, acompanyada de vi blanc i dels peixos que en principi es mengen desprès. Aquesta és una versió de luxe del plat tradicional."
"Bullabessa dish with toast spread with "salsa rolla" (literally, "roll sauce") (Catalan for "Rouille"), accompanied by white wine and fish that are eaten afterwards. This is a deluxe version of the traditional dish."
Rouille or "Salsa rolla" (the stuff in the ramakins and on the toast croutons) is "a Provençal sauce that consists of olive oil with breadcrumbs, garlic, saffron and chili peppers and is often served with fish soup."
Drsruli (talk) 22:21, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main photo original caption translation 

message: The article refers to bouillabaisse as a soup in some places and a stew in others. Please pick one to make the article more consistent. (I would suggest soup, as the article soup refers to it as such.) 209.237.105.194 (talk) 17:03, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thnaks for pointing this out. I agree that soup is the right term, and is the term used in the French Wikipedia. I will make the changes.SiefkinDR (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stew or soup? 

message: Most of the citations in this article do not include links. Links should  be added when possible, potentially to Google Books if the citation is a book. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 19:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations lacking links