Do you like them straight or curved?

[Drago]

Curved. If someone can't butter a traditional croissant then they are unsafe to be let loose with a knife in the first place.

I mean, whatever next from Tesco- cars without indicators to attract BMW drivers, or regular Coke in diet Coke packaging to appease Lard-O' s? You'd think a company that's been struggling lately and which is facing a significant restructure would have better things to do than this.

 

[pauldavid]

There are sound ergonomic reasons for the curve in a croissant. Any Frenchman could tell you that and fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.

Of course they can, the fact that they are french means they're wrong, on every level.

Frog legged buggars!

 

[wheresthetorch]

I think we should ban bagels with a hole in the middle, 'cos they're fiddly.

 

[Over The Hill]

Croissants have marmalade on - just to show the Frenchies how to do it.

Curved ones are aesthetically pleasing and we should not bow to this. I think the public wanting them straight is a con. The frigging bean counters want them straight as they are easier to package and you probably get more in the oven.

I am still boycotting hexagonal scones (unless there are no round ones).

 

[Cubist]

I am still boycotting hexagonal scones (unless there are no round ones).

 

[Cubist]

At last, confirmation of what I always thought! Why would anyone put more butter on something that's made of so much butter? And jam as well? You might as well put butter and jam on a slice of Victoria sponge.

It's yet another example of the English just not "getting" foreign food. I've noticed a surge in the number of local restaurants serving starters on brioche. Chicken liver pate, garlic mushrooms, prawns ....there's no limit to the nonsense. What the hell is wrong with a couple of shards of Melba toast or some brown bread and butter?

 

[Julia9054]

They are still referred to as 'crossoles' at Chateau Vernon which stems from the younger son's inability to say croissants twenty years ago.

Grassels in our house. Same reason!

 

[Cubist]

I recall sitting in a cheap French hotel and being fascinated by how the French ate theirs. One guy was dipping his in his soup bowl size cup of coffee. It was good coffee too.

Breakfast of champions is a bowl of au lait with yesterday's baguette buttered and dunked.

 

[Cubist]

[QUOTE 4164219, member: 259"]French people often have foie gras with toasted brioche. The sweetness goes well with pâté as well. My wife makes fantastic brioche![/QUOTE]
In which case I will change my reply to

The local pub is serving chicken liver pate on toasted brioche FFS. What the hell is wrong with people, all this foreign muck? Yorkshire pubs should serve proper food. I'll have the soup of the day. It's golden vegetable.

 

[Cubist]

And what the hell is onion marmalade?

 

[Cubist]

Those samosas were pretty good @vernon

 

[Cubist]

[QUOTE 4164228, member: 259"]Soup? What's wrong with broth?[/QUOTE]
Broth? More foreign Scottish filth.

And a waste of money. I had three bowls of scotch broth last week and I was still sober afterwards. Ought to be done for trades descriptions.

 

[slowmotion]

....back from a late morning bike ride, and my thoughts naturally turn towards lost calorie replenishment.....
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....what is not clear from the photo is a dash of HP sauce to further abominate the abominations. I must say they were rather delicious......

The horror...the horror....

 

[Oldbloke]

I recall sitting in a cheap French hotel and being fascinated by how the French ate theirs. One guy was dipping his in his soup bowl size cup of coffee. It was good coffee too.

When Mrs OB (a Frenchie) and I have eaten breakfast in English hotels, there were some horrified looks from other diners when she plunged her pastries into a large bowl of tea....

 

[mybike]

When Mrs OB (a Frenchie) and I have eaten breakfast in English hotels, there were some horrified looks from other diners when she plunged her pastries into a large bowl of tea....

OKJ, that is not good.

Coffee is quite different.