Talk:Croquette

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In the US, chicken croquettes were a luncheon dish that went out of favor after the 1950s. Wetman 11:32, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) --- Brilliant last paragraph; very funny.

BTW Van Dobben and Kwekkeboom are made by the same company (as their vandobben.nl and kwekkeboom.nl whois info shows). They do taste slightly different, though.

What's wrong with offal? Are the Dutch really that squeamish? --Heron 19:45, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Proposed rename to "croquette" 2 Other countries 3 Shaped like a sausage? 4 Dutch focus? 5 English Croquettes 6 netherlands

[edit] Proposed rename to "croquette"

I have changed the spelling to the more usual "croquette" throughout (apart from acknowleding in the intro the existence of the spelling "croquet").

I believe the article should be renamed Croquette, as not only is that easily the most common English-language form of the word, but it avoids any confusion with "croquet" (the game) and obviates the need for "(food)". At the moment, a simple move is not possible because "Croquette" already exists (as a re-direct to "Croquet (food)"). What's the procedure? -- Picapica 11:57, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Other countries

Being a brazilian, I know for a fact that croquetes are very popular in my home country also. We have the "original" potato croquete, but a few varieties include croquetes filled with ground beef and minced chicken. Quase 00:34, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Spanish "croquets" (croquetas) are a typical meal on its own, known from a long time ago, before any Dutch come to Spain. Filled with ham, tuna, minced meat.... --81.60.2.204 13:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I've correct the "Costa del sol" thing. Dutch tourist didn't export croquettes' recipe to Spain...

[edit] Shaped like a sausage?

Is it just me, or does sausage, like, come in a lot of shapes? I get the impression we're talking about a sausage patty shape here, but I think links are a more typical sausage shape. And what's with not explaining what it's made of until three-quarters of the way thru the article? I'm hesitant to change the article myself, not knowing much about it... NickelShoe 22:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Nothing to do with a sausage. This is a vegetable based food. I guess you COULD cook up a sausage croquette (the bread/potato exterior with sausage inside), but it would still be a croquette, and not a sausage patty. Quase 04:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dutch focus?

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but why is this article so focused on The Netherlands? Surely this is an international food item? In fact, having visited both Spain and The Netherlands, I say that croquettes are more popular in Spanish restaurants than in Dutch ones. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.54.202.246 (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

It - in the Netherlands - isn't sold a lot in restaurant but at snackbars (including McDonalds with the McKroket) and other fastfood places not the fancy restaurants, the proletarian food. 212.64.58.115 19:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I also think it's odd that the article says that croquettes are a Dutch invention, but then explains that a Dutch chef "came across" them in France and introduced them back at home. Inventing and "coming across" something are completely different actions. The next paragraph continues the same POV when it starts with "In the Netherlands..." and only later mentions "In other places..." though it's a common food all over the world.

Wouldn't be surprised if the text was translated and transfered from the Dutch language version of wikipedia. That whole opening section needs to adjusted for POV by someone who knows more about this than I do, imo. Zeng8r 00:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I deleted most of the Dutch centric content, moved bits of it to the country specific section and also massively corrected the new Dutch "entry". It should now be possible to improve the introduction and extend the country specific information. JeR (talk) 12:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] English Croquettes

The article mentions potato croquettes with fillings. In England, croqettes will be purely mashed potato in breadcrumbs. If they include fish and are round, as the pictured round ones look, they're called "fish cakes". Maybe this should be included in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.148.114 (talk) 00:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] netherlands

mcdonalds netherlands also has a mckroket —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.0.227.85 (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)