Chocolate croissant-gate

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I went to a bakery this morning to buy a chocolate croissant for my son, ahead of me was a mum and a little boy (6ish). He was messing about a bit and taking ages saying what he wanted so she waved me in front so I didn't have to wait.

I then asked for a chocolate croissant - the last one on the shelf - and the mum said 'oh you can't have that, what if my son decides he wants it'. What would you have said/done?

You could have done the stuff it all in your mouth and then give her a V sign thing like Vyvyan in the young ones does with the doughnut.

typo..delete "would"....sorry ...eating last vanilla slice and typing with one hand... mwah ha ha

RIGHT. Let's settle this one once and for all:

Chorley cake: flat, not very sweet, shortcrust pastry, currants.

Eccles cake: bit more volume, much more sugar, puff pastry, and tbf also filled with currants.

I mean yes they are practically indistinguishable but this is an IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. Bloody southerners, etc. etc.

And it's not a Danish pastry, it's a weinerbrød. I despair of the ignorance of MNers who can't Google 'what is Danish pastry in Danish' to look clever.

BalloonSlayer

Umm... isn't it spelled wienerbrod (can't do Danish o thingy on my phone), MrsTerry?

A lifes lesson learnt. You snooze you lose!

Lardy cake.

There, I have said it. Lardy cake. None of this chocolate croissant/pain au chocolat nonsense. Bet the little boy wouldn't be dithering if Lardy cake was the only option.

Cream
Did you read ops post? it wasn't her kid messing about ffs!

Umm... isn't it spelled wienerbrod (can't do Danish o thingy on my phone), MrsTerry? Shhhhhhhh. I'm being all sophisticated and shit.

I have never ever seen or heard of a chocolate croissant. I assumed OP must mean pain au chocolat.

The mother may have been a tosser but she may also have been at the end of her tether with a difficult wee one (mine can take five minutes to get a sentence out sometimes) and worrying he would dissolve on the floor if denied the chocolate one and she would have to go home and crack open the gin three hours early that night.

Although why we'd want the Danish term when the Danish word itself means bread from Vienna (not from Denmark), who can say?

I give up.

Oops - sorry. Please feel free to continue being all sophisticated (and shit). I'm jusf upset that my phone won't do the funny o thing. What's that called anyway? .

*just, not jusf. Perhaps I'd better stick to typing English words for now.

You can do the Danish ø on your iPhone (at least, dunno about android or Windows) by keeping the o key pressed own then sliding sideways... However, doesn't wienerbrød translate as 'Viennese Bread"? So it's an Austrian Pastry really..

I also prefer a pain au chocolat to a chocolate croissant but I don't really know why.

koalab you are so right a pain au chocolat is vastly superior, that yummy rectangle of croissant dough with one or two small strips of plain dark chocolate inside, vs the very-- sweet chocolate-spread filling in a chocolate croissant. (Sometimes even choc-hazelnut spread! )

Well, each to their own, of course but I'm with you on team pain au chocolat.

pressed down, not own. Bah.

Bloody ignorance

. Lovely when you get two strips of chocolate. Lidl ones are good.

Cut and paste in my case @Eolian but @mythbustinggov has taught us all something. And taken the sophisticated crown from shark.

I am delighted with this thread, as I have seen chocolate croissants previously, and bypassed them assuming that they were only so called due to the few chocolate sprinkles on the top.

Now I know they are also filled with gooey chocolatey deliciousness, I will be seeking them out

Cøøl - how did I miss that!

Can I add chocolate brioche into the mix?

Regarding op, she'd have received one of my withering looks and then ignored while I stuffed my face with the goodie.

Áwësœmę çōõł.