What's the difference between poached and quenelle?

Poached


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Poach

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No association was detected between the overall frequency of fish for dinner and breast cancer risk (chi 2 trend = 1.39, p = 0.24), but there was an inverse relation with the frequency of main meals containing fish in poached form.
  • (2) Peter Knights of WildAid, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in San Francisco, observed that people who argue against the destruction of ivory stockpiles think that having a legal supply is the answer to the poaching problem.
  • (3) People talk about poaching, but in the long-term it’s also about securing space for habitat.
  • (4) Defensively we made a lot of mistakes.” It was not the prettiest goal, but it was a strike that showed just how valuable poaching reflexes can still be in a game that has largely moved away from the sniffer type of forward (although Bacca is far more rounded than that).
  • (5) Even if Morgan is caught, people fear that his powerful backers in the army will find another militia to continue poaching and stealing gold.
  • (6) Fishing news Barcelona chairman Sandro Rosell says Arsenal were "immoral" to poach their youth player Jon Toral: "We don't like it that clubs come in with offers of money just before boys turn 16.
  • (7) Poaching has gradually reduced since then but remains well above sustainable levels.
  • (8) New head of the UK operations Jackie Hunt, who was poached from Standard Life last year, received £3.5m despite having joined the board only in September – including a "one-off relocation payment" of £188,679.
  • (9) Kenya's president has set fire to more than five tonnes of elephant ivory worth £10m to draw attention to poaching deaths.
  • (10) But Scanlon said there were some encouraging signs, including in parts of eastern Africa , such as in Kenya, where the poaching trend has declined.
  • (11) There has been a spate of thefts of rhino horns and elephant tusks from European museums, zoos and auction houses in recent years, amid a rising illegal trade in poached or stolen ivory .
  • (12) Civil unrest has also led to the illegal poaching of mountain gorillas.
  • (13) Some 558 rhino have been killed in South Africa already this year, setting the country on course for a gruesome new record number of poaching deaths, wildlife officials said on Thursday.
  • (14) Game rangers have had their arms upgraded to take on the poaching gangs, and the military, operating under an unofficial shoot-to-kill policy, has been brought into Kruger National Park, where hundreds of rhino have been lost.
  • (15) To stop poached horn from entering the legal market, suppliers can fit legal horns with traceable transponders and DNA signatures for less than 200 dollars per horn, he says.
  • (16) Edna Molewa, South Africa's minister of water and environmental affairs, told an anti-poaching street parade on Sunday that the trade was also a threat to the country's tourism industry.
  • (17) On the other hand big universities will be able to establish significant funds, which will be used to poach students from other universities rather than helping the disadvantaged.
  • (18) If you forgo alcohol, incidentally, you could eat one of a handful of the main courses which come in just under £10, such as a special of smoked haddock with summer vegetables, soft poached egg and herb velouté, or the homemade fish fingers with salad and tartare sauce.
  • (19) The delegates are expected to consider on Friday a more controversial topic: a call to resume the legal ivory trade as a way to stop the recent rise in elephant poaching in Africa .
  • (20) I asked her what she thought of the freezing weather here and she said she was used to it.” At lunch, Kate dined on herb-infused vegetable terrine, poached salmon with dill hollandaise sauce, lemon pearl barley risotto and sautéed vegetables.

Quenelle


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The French NBA star was pictured giving the “quenelle”, which has been described as a “reverse Nazi salute”, with its originator, the French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala.
  • (2) Photograph: William Latkin I served these in quenelles with a little green salad and some grape focaccia.
  • (3) However, he has failed to distance himself from groups and individuals who have posted photographs of themselves doing the quenelle outside synagogues, Holocaust memorials, Jewish schools and even at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
  • (4) Nicolas Anelka has refused to apologise for his controversial quenelle gesture and denied any anti-Semitic intent behind the celebration.
  • (5) He is, however, an expert in provocation, and that's what his latest acts and statements, including the famous "quenelle", are all about.
  • (6) While even Anelka would surely have not been so ignorant as to repeat his appalling quenelle celebration, a goal would have refocused attention on the controversial French striker at a time when it would be better for everybody if the spotlight was elsewhere.
  • (7) Anelka confirmed to Downing that he did perform a quenelle , described by some as a "reverse Nazi salute", after his 40th-minute strike at Upton Park but as far as the West Brom hierarchy are concerned, it was done as a tribute to the French comedian Dieudonné, a friend of Anelka. "
  • (8) On Twitter, Anelka continued: “With regard to the ministers who give their own interpretations of my quenelle, they are the ones that create confusion and controversy without knowing what it really means, this gesture.” Two other Premier League footballers, the Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri and the Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, have been photographed performing the quenelle.
  • (9) The quenelle outrage overshadowed an excellent display by Anelka at the weekend, when the 34-year-old scored his first goals for West Brom since joining the club on a free transfer in the summer.
  • (10) "The quenelle is a Nazi gesture that is clearly antisemitic and known to be such.
  • (11) Samir Nasri was pictured doing the controversial quenelle gesture outside Manchester City's training ground but says he did not know its meaning.
  • (12) Both antisemitic and anti-establishment, the quenelle (which Dieudonné’s wife actually trademarked) became a viral internet phenomenon, with tens of thousands of fans posting images of themselves doing it in front of synagogues and Holocaust memorials, at the gates of Auschwitz, on the beach, in their bedrooms, or – like Nicolas Anelka – on the football pitch.
  • (13) The gesture, known as the quenelle in French, is a mixture of an inverted Nazi salute and "up yours".
  • (14) The Board of Deputies of British Jews has described the quenelle as "antisemitic" and says Dieudonné "has form for race hate".
  • (15) The same can be said of the quenelle, the much-discussed gesture performed by West Brom's Nicholas Anelka as he celebrated scoring against West Ham last month and which this week saw him charged by the FA.
  • (16) The quenelle is Dieudonné's signature gesture, although he insists it is an anti-establishment gesture and not against Jewish people.
  • (17) The quenelle One hand points stiffly downwards, while the other is raised across the chest.
  • (18) Given the notoriety the quenelle has gained in France ever since Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala, a figure known for harbouring antisemitic views, first used it in 2009, it is inconceivable that Anelka was not aware of the outrage he would unleash by performing it in east London.
  • (19) The quenelle is deliberately vague, a kind of repressed Hitler salute, rightly described by one French journalist as reminiscent of the thwarted Nazi arm-movement of Peter Sellers's Dr Strangelove.
  • (20) This is the same aggravated rule breach of which Liverpool’s Luis Suárez and Chelsea’s John Terry were found guilty for on-field abuse of rival players, and West Bromwich Albion’s Nicolas Anelka for using the antisemitic “quenelle” gesture .

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