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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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littlechou · 03/10/2017 23:37

LARDY CAKE!!!!!!!!!!

Jumps in Car and drives 600 miles to the West Country

tigercub50 · 03/10/2017 23:37

IHaveBrilloHair, what are you doing on Mumsnet if you don’t like kids?

PeterRabbitt · 03/10/2017 23:38

Iloveantiques are you from my neck of the woods? Ringwood, Hampshire? There was a lovely little independent bakers on the high street that had all kinds of old school treats Smile lardy cakes and caramel doughnuts were always our favourites as kids!!

SusanTheGentle · 03/10/2017 23:46

Bloody hell, lardy cake. I nearly DIED and went to ACTUAL HEAVEN when I discovered lardy cake. I have no idea how this wasn't invented in the north, it seems like the sort of thing that ought to be northern. It's AMAZING and thank you for the recipe Toad.

Thingsiseeinmybathroom · 03/10/2017 23:53

You bought a croissant??
Don't all the best mum's source their flour and butter directly from some hard-to-pronounce place in France, get up at 3am on a Sunday and make them individually by hand, whilst pressing oranges and filtering the finest coffee, serving it all up with a smile??
I know I do... 😂

BellaNoche · 04/10/2017 02:21

Sitting here in the sleepless hours, I've had a flashback....

Some years ago whilst we were in the canteen getting our lunch, I asked some male work colleagues over from Hull if they wanted a Muffin...

It took them a few hours before they explained why they had turned puce and started sniggering.....Blush

Kokeshi123 · 04/10/2017 03:15

Remember Over To Pam (Victoria Wood)? 14:00 minutes in. Enjoy.

FastForward2 · 04/10/2017 03:25

Pain aux chocolate includes the word pain which if you pronounce it correctly sounds like 'pan' and if you pronounce it incorrectly sounds like 'pain". The aux sounds like 'oh' and is pointless extra word.
Better to say chocolate croissant which combines two delicious concepts, the croissant and chocolate. No wasted words or unpleasant associations, everyone except pedants knows what you mean!

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 04/10/2017 03:33

I would have said to the child "Do you want the chocolate croissant, because if not, I want to buy it." and given him about 5 seconds to reply, then said to the baker again "I'll have that chocolate croissant please - it'll go stale waiting for this child to make his mind up" (Maybe not the last bit, I wouldn't have thought of that in time!)

JonSnowsWife · 04/10/2017 05:50

It's not called a pan au chocolat in this house. DCs couldn't say it so it got christened chocolate bread instead.

Chocolate croissants are just croissants with chocolate inside.

OP. Never mind. Maybe next time her DC wont either about so much in deciding what he wants and then he'd have got the last one.

really want a chocolate croissant now.

JonSnowsWife · 04/10/2017 05:53

What's lardy cake? Our local Greggs bakeries used to do something called bread pudding which was delicious. Still miss it & no bloody idea how to replicate it.

Willow2017 · 04/10/2017 07:39

Pain au chocolat and chocolate croissants are totally different things though so why would you say one when you mean the other?

Creambun2 · 04/10/2017 08:06

Whats funny is that the greggs in the south do a bread pudding but those in the north don't!

Fekko · 04/10/2017 08:21

I like brioche. Not the chocolate ones though.

Latenightreader · 04/10/2017 08:28

Bread pudding is absolutely delicious but my Nan made the best ever and I've only ever seen it in bakers in the East End (is Percy Ingles still about?). Mum might have the recipe... It involves yesterday's bread, loads of spices and a crust of sugar and is vastly superior to bread and butter pudding.

This thread has reminded me I have a custard doughnut in the fridge, so that's breakfast sorted.

JonSnowsWife · 04/10/2017 08:28
Grin
Polkadot1974 · 04/10/2017 14:30

Eccles cakes are divine. Chorley cakes are foul. Not sure why. Maybe the lovely sugary coating is why I like an Eccles cake.
As for chocolate croissant- no thanks but a chocolatine (we went to southern France too and after 3 days I cottoned on and called them chocolatines and the baker started smiling at the dumb Brit)

lopmonkln · 04/10/2017 15:50

Tell him to earn some cash first.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/10/2017 17:48

Raised an eyebrow at her and walked off with the croissant. (and possibly had a quick look to see if there was only 1 left of anything else and bought that too)

You are my spirit animal koala.

I would have bought it - it's a good lesson to her child not to fanny about so much!

Bridezilla2be · 04/10/2017 17:53

Never knew bread pudding was solely an East End thing, haven't made it in forever! The BBC recipe seems about right www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/13355/bread-pudding

houghtonk76 · 04/10/2017 17:53

Lol Koalab! Has this person never been to a Pret / Waitrose / Sainsburys??

5rivers7hills · 04/10/2017 18:00

Chocolate croissants is totally different (and much shitter) to Pain au Chocolat.

NikiBabe · 04/10/2017 18:09

I would have said if your son wants it, that will teach him to make his fucking mind up quicker next time.

Maybe without the fucking!

NikiBabe · 04/10/2017 18:13

Reminds me of apple pie gate

The man is a legend.

DiegoMadonna · 04/10/2017 18:14

What's a pain au chocolat?