Minor complaint
May. 18th, 2004 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyI like Au Bon Pain. It's half price after 4, and they have THE BEST chocolate croissants. All their stuff is good, in fact.
However, I have to say this. Their croissants are NOT croissants. They're square pastries. The whole point of a croissant is that it's a... well... croissant, a crescent. They were invented as a way to celebrate defeating the Turks. Square shaped pastries are just substitutes for the real thing. Nothing wrong with being a square shaped pastry, but then that's what you should be called. *deep sigh* I'm going to whine about this off and on for the next fifty years. Please forgive me.
However, I have to say this. Their croissants are NOT croissants. They're square pastries. The whole point of a croissant is that it's a... well... croissant, a crescent. They were invented as a way to celebrate defeating the Turks. Square shaped pastries are just substitutes for the real thing. Nothing wrong with being a square shaped pastry, but then that's what you should be called. *deep sigh* I'm going to whine about this off and on for the next fifty years. Please forgive me.
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Date: 2004-05-18 08:09 pm (UTC)as for the pastry naming debate, we call 'em chocolate croissants here in the states, but when i was in france they were always pain au chocolat.
yummy stuff, either way.