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Chocolate croissant-gate

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runningtostandstill · 03/10/2017 16:04

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?

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winobaglady · 03/10/2017 18:49

I'd have said "you snooze, you lose" Grin

Tartyflette · 03/10/2017 19:00

MrsFring we have similar in the UK but not necessarily very spiky -- are they a sort of brioche dough with chocolate chips?

Chocolate croissant-gate
tobee · 03/10/2017 19:08

Eccles cake, lardy cake, pain au chocolat, chocolate croissant, pain au raisin and the rest. Bring em on, I’ll have em all. Love, love lardy cake and I’m a southerner through and through. Wink

bungaloid · 03/10/2017 19:24

winobaglady has given the only correct response, though I would probably tag on "sucka"

existentialmoment · 03/10/2017 19:26

There is no such thing as a Chocolate Croissant

Of course there is. It's a croissant with chocolate in. Very popular in Italy.

I hate to break it to you but things exist even if they are not French.

existentialmoment · 03/10/2017 19:28

*Thank goodness this thread was not about the last Chorley Cake would .... or there might have been a rush of "surely you mean an Eccles Cake"

Completely different things! How could you even mix the two up?

Whatjusthappenedexactly · 03/10/2017 19:59

If you snooze, you lose.

Apologies if this had already been said. I've skimmed . Smile

Whatjusthappenedexactly · 03/10/2017 20:01

Winobaglady! Not only do we think alike but that name would really suit me. Grin

Floellabumbags · 03/10/2017 20:07

I hate to break it to you but things exist even if they are not French

Grin
MrsFring · 03/10/2017 20:15

Tartyflette Choccy Wegli is more like bagel bread with huge lumps of chocolate; they're pretty vile tbh.

Iloveantiques · 03/10/2017 20:25

I used to be able to buy Lardy cake in a bakers in Ringwood a few years ago. Disgusting but I bought it for my mum.

Pain au chocolate on the other hand. Delicious. Waitrose do a good one.

Tartyflette · 03/10/2017 20:26

MrsFring How disappointing!
But I might have a trip to Geneva upcoming, I shall have to get DH to try one.
Are they pronounced 'vaguely'?

Grilledaubergines · 03/10/2017 20:44

Lardy Cake is my favourite! Difficult to but these days. Something we southerners can proudly ‘own’Grin

MrsFring · 03/10/2017 20:54

Tartyflette I think that they're a Swiss/German creation; we used to get them in Basel where we used to live. They're pronounced 'vegli' - worth trying in the interests of cake research but do tend to in the tum like a chocolate brick.

LadyWire · 03/10/2017 21:03

You snooze you lose!

LadyWire · 03/10/2017 21:03

You snooze you lose!

Maelstrop · 03/10/2017 21:07

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

I am reliably informed that there is a 24 hour Greggs oop north. Oh god, is it like beyond the wall?! Grin

I fear that you are all choosing the wrong thing. I discovered Religieuses at the age of 16 on a school exchange. Omfg! The sheer brilliance!

OtterlyNutty · 03/10/2017 21:55

DaysofWineandNeurosis

in Waitrose and now have a hazelnut croissant and a maple and pecan yum yum.

Whaaaaaat? I need to get to Waitrose!

Toadinthehole · 03/10/2017 22:28

My mother used to get lardy cake every week in Sainsburys.

Can't get them now - but here is the recipe I use:

Dough
350g strong white flour
1 teaspoon salt
10g lard
2 tsp dried yeast
250 mls water

Filling
100g lard
75g sultanas
25g chopped mixed peel (I sometimes replace this with fresh lemon peel)
100g brown sugar

milk to glaze

  1. Activate the yeast and then knead the dough ingredients together and allow to rise.
  1. Mix the filling ingredients together.
  1. Once the dough has risen, roll it out into a rectangle. Mark into 3 equal sections. Take on third of the filling and spread it on 2 sections. fold over and roll. Repeat twice.
  1. Put dough in a greased baking tin.
  1. Allow to rise.
  1. Glaze with milk and bake at 200 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
  1. Eat as soon as its cool.
  1. Don't bother cooking dinner as no one will be hungry.
FindingNemoandDory · 03/10/2017 22:38

So glad I've opened this thread as it is so funny!

Amazed at the number of people who haven't encountered chocolate croissants though, they are everywhere round here! I like them but think I prefer the pain au whatsits better

desperatelyseekingcaffeine · 03/10/2017 22:46

You're all wrong - chocolate almond croissant is the way to go! Discovered them 2 weeks ago when visiting a friend - fabulous! Probably very good for my health that I can't get them in my city, but still makes me sad Sad

SoftSheen · 03/10/2017 22:50

EAT do a chocolate, almond and hazelnut croissant. Just saying...

Henrythehoover · 03/10/2017 23:06

I avoid ordering croissants of any kind as I am to paranoid about pronouncing it wrong. I barely like talking to people in English either though.

TSSDNCOP · 03/10/2017 23:16

She or the kid would've lost a hand if they'd stood between me and pastry in the circumstances you describe.

You snooze, you lose.

TyneTeas · 03/10/2017 23:29

Croissant. Croissant. Croissant.

Pain au Chocolat. Pain au Chocolat. Pain au Chocolat.

Semantic Satiation achieved en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation

Also now hungry Grin