Asking for a friend - how many croissants a day is too many?

[BrianWankum]

(Obviously the friend is me!)

Went to Costco this morning. Fancied a croissant so bought one of the boxes of 12. There are only me and dd in the house, no visitors planned in the next 24 hours.

Was really hungry by the time we got out so ate one in the car on the way home (breakfast). Had two with smoked salmon for lunch. One with Nutella (keeping dd company - afternoon tea? Now making one as a cheese toastie for dinner.

Is 5 excessive? Can I get away with another toastie later?

Well that is evidently because the French have said croissant with an indulgent homemade hot chocolat 😂 It would be rude not to!

Now that’s just going too far. 😂

I don't think they eat them, they just look at them in the boulangerie window.

It would be an interesting experiment OP. A US professor once lost loads of weight by eating only packaged crap like twinkies. There's another man in America who's eaten nothing but 3 Big Macs a day for decades and is slim. Your diet plan could be 1500 calories of croissants a day.

I think the supersize me guy died? I'll have to google just to make sure I'm not misremembering

Designate today as Croissant Day and forget any limits. Tomorrow you can resume normal croissant etiquette and stick to one (ish).

why can the French eat them for breakfast and still be svelte?!

Apart from the 45% who are overweight/obese?

Well I feel positively wicked having two for elevenses (warmed up and spread with home made lemon curd - delicious!)

Love this thread. It reminds me of someone I used to work with who always said - they wouldn't sell them in shops if they were bad for you.
He has ended up as a professor of biology I think.

I miss BonsoirAnna, what a character 😂

I didn’t know that croissants could have babies!

'Your diet plan could be 1500 calories of croissants a day.'

And gain some nutrition from a wonderful array of fillings. I mean there's not much you cannot do with a croissant, endless possibilities!

The formula is n+1, where n is the number consumed so far.

You're welcome.

Or, even more interestingly croissants, and doughnuts can procreate to form the wonderful cronut. Strangely Costco sell mini cronuts, too! 😂

I am horribly envious! I've just been diagnosed with coeliac disease and will never get to eat delicious, flaky croissants again

Oh really sorry to hear that @KvotheTheBloodless - hope you are feeling well now and can find plenty of things you do like to eat!

I'm squeezing in a late 6th - remembered some unopened from Christmas pistachio cream (vegan, for those concerned about my butter intake, and just a small jar, not one of those giant Costco ones) and couldn't resist. Delish.

Will ask dd to freeze whatever she doesn't eat before I get home from work tomorrow!

Well you might as well finish the box while they are fresh 🤷🏽‍♀️

Just don't do it every day month

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I ate between 6-8 a day for 12 days whilst on holiday. They were tiny though cos they were frozen gluten free ones but tasted bloody amazing and I could've gladly eaten more but didn't want to risk them running out

I think it's fine to OD on croissants once in a while! It's not like you're doing it every day. As long as you enjoyed them, it's all good 😋

croissants are crammed full of butter! have you ever watched them being made?? the typical pack of butter is 220 grams nowadays!! absolutely not good for you!

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The amount of butter needed to make croissants depends on the recipe and the size of the croissants, but it's typically around 250–300 grams for six croissants:

BBC Good Food: 300 grams of butter at room temperature

Buttermilk Pantry: 250 grams of unsalted butter at room temperature

Yes I have, it is how they get all of the flakiness, a little like rough puff pastry in a way.
I have to block it from my mind when I put yet more butter on the top, as I like it to melt in. 😳🤭

I really want an almond croissant now.

I used to live in France. If you want a serious answer then it would be:

a) a croissant is traditionally eaten on its own. Putting extra butter and jam and such like is a British thing.
b) they don't eat them every day. Most French people might have a croissant or other viennoiserie on a weekend, not on a standard working day.
c) they are strict with mealtimes and don't snack in between, except the designated snack times.
d) as a pp said, they are generally quite tight on portion size, compared to the UK.
e) traditionally, they have enough time to cook from scratch (difference in culture from the UK in terms of working hours, often meeting friends for an aperitif rather than a meal). This is less true nowadays but still more than the UK, IMO.

If you squeeze a croissant really hard it will end up the size of a malteser. That PROVES that they do not have as many calories as is commonly believed.

You can definitely eat 6 maltesers, so QED you can eat 6 croissants.