Loiseau Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 My sister-in-law has just told me that straight croissants are all-butter, and crescent-shaped ones are made with margarine! I googled this to see if it was true, and could only find sites that said "I think so". However, one of them mentioned that there is a French law on the matter (natch), so I wondered if anyone here knew of it?Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I don't remember ever seeing a straight croissant. It seems funny to see 'straight croissant' as it's a contradiction. I suppose you could say a pain au chocolate is a straight croissant though. Those are what I enjoy eating, as a treat on a Sunday morning, maybe after a wander round the vide grenier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Happily we are not using the word 'bent' for curved croissants; it was decided years ago by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Belfort that such a term was pejorative and insulting to those croissants which might have been born different. In fact, the use of 'straight' might imply an opposite or a difference which in itself could therefore be construed as sexist, so please find another term.Angela is just being a bored and naughty little minx in stirring this up; must be bored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Wooly, I really expected your post to take a different direction!You can tell I'm bored - recovering from a bug I got since we left the heat of the Gard and arrived in a very much cooler South of England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomme Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 It allows the baker to distinguish between their pure butter and margarine croissants. It does seem, in France, the butter croissants are usually straight and the margarine curved. Certainly the case with the frozen croissants I buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 When I buy croissants, only when we have visitors, they are from a baker who only uses butter in them; they are only ever crescents. I've never bought frozen croissants - we have at least 16 bakers in our small town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 I have usually gone by the labelling in French bakers', but never paid attention to what shape I was getting! I, too, only buy them when I have guests. I have never tried frozen ones.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Curved for goodness sake! What other shape would a proper croussant be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 I know, Gardian, but the truly yummy, buttery ones that I buy in my local London Londis, baked on the premises, are all straight!Can't wait to get back to France next week and continue my observations...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love the butter croissants and don't really care if they are straight or bent. I prefer straight bananas though. The bent ones aren't so easy to munch especially when I'm driving [:-))] and double especially if I have a phone at my ear too [8-|]But at the mo any kind of stuff with wheat or grain in it is out [:'(][:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 [quote user="Jonzjob"]I prefer straight bananas though. [/quote]What about Wooly ones[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 [quote user="Rabbie"][quote user="Jonzjob"]I prefer straight bananas though. [/quote]What about Wooly ones[:D][/quote]No way! They are a bit funny, although not very [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Ooooo, naughty rabbie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Regrettably, not every egg produces a bird, but if the forum spent all its time discussing the location, seating and relative pricing of left handed wall binder thrum ovules, what a biring place it would be.And since Norman has gone into summer retreat, someone has to try and stir the surface mire!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Macnz Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I love croissants!! There are other versions also that I enjoy very much. You use pretty much the same ingredients plus some extras and you get something new like Pain au chocolat and Pain au raisins. They are larger and flatter and have custard and raisins inside. Of course they do not have the croissant shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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