Talk:Let Them Eat Cake

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This phrase is often misinterpreted as a bad thing. But in reality, what it meant was that the peasant who didn't have bread because of a shortage should buy brioche(a kind of pastry) instead of bread since there was a law that said that bakers had to sell all types of pastry (including bread)at the same price to stop them from making a profit in times of flour shortage.
The last paragraph about "oven cake" makes no sense at all since "oven cake" is an English term and the phrase is of French origin and there is no such thing as "gateau de four"(literal translation of "oven cake") in French.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Glucap (talk • contribs) 17:33, 13 August 2007

Queens Song "Killer Queen" contains the line "Let Them Eat Cake, she said, just like Marie Antoinette" (i didn't know what that meant, so i looked up the quote on Wikipedia (-: ) I don't know if there are more references, but i thought it might be worth mentioning.

[edit] Any proof or reason why you believe Marie did not say this?

The article states that this phrase was not actually said by Marie Antoinette, is this fact? are you sure she did not say this, I have read that it is actually not known where this phrase comes from and could be by either but it is not known exactly who said it. I'm not trying to say she did or didn't, I just want to make sure we aren't simply assuming things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.52.203.217 (talk) 01:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)