Cook, Serve, Delicious Wiki
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Interactive Maps
navigation
Main page
Community portal
Recent changes
Random page
Admin noticeboard
Gamepedia
Gamepedia support
Report a bad ad
Help Wiki
Contact us
FANDOM
Fan Central
BETA
Games
Anime
Movies
TV
Video
Wikis
Explore Wikis
Community Central
Start a Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Sign In
Sign In
Register
Cook, Serve, Delicious Wiki
353
pages
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Interactive Maps
navigation
Main page
Community portal
Recent changes
Random page
Admin noticeboard
Gamepedia
Gamepedia support
Report a bad ad
Help Wiki
Contact us
Editing
Croissants
(section)
Back to page
Edit
VisualEditor
View history
Talk (0)
Edit Page
Croissants
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Description== The creation of the croissant has been traced back to 1839, when Austrian artillery officer, August Zang, opened a bakery in Paris where he sold many Austrian treats, including the crescent-shaped yeast roll known as the Kipferl. Unbeknownst to Zang, several Parisians took offense to the idea of an Austrian developing an iconic pastry and set to work developing their own imitations. One French baker, Sébastienne Étiennette Patenaude, was particularly inspired by the shape of the Kipferl, but felt that the consistency and flavor was lacking in a certain Je ne sais quoi. After toying around with different methods, Patenaude finally took some butter-layered yeast-leavened dough, rolled and folded it several times in succession, then laminated it into a sheet. This resulted in a pastry with a layered, flaky texture, which she called a "croissant" after its crescent shape. Patenaude began selling croissants in her own bakery, but kept the recipe a closely-guarded secret. When confronted by Zang, who claimed that Patenaude had stolen the idea from his bakery, Patenaude pointed out that there were no laws against imitation, and that it was, in fact, the highest form of flattery. Zang then spent the next eight years scheming to steal the recipe for croissants. Finally, in 1848, Zang launched an elaborate 11-man heist to steal the recipe. He then began mass producing croissants and selling them at his bakery. When Patenaude confronted him about this, he explained that there were no laws against imitation, and that it was, in fact, the highest form of flattery. Now both equally flattered, August Zang and Sébastienne Étiennette Patenaude were married later that week under a crescent-shaped moon.
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to the Cook, Serve, Delicious Wiki are considered to be released under the CC BY-NC-SA
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Follow on IG
TikTok
Join Fan Lab