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Now They've Come For the Croissants... (light-hearted)🤗

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:27

A bakery in Paris has completely lost his beret and is making croissants for vegans. They DO NOT contain butter!!!*
I mean, there is no point/taste to a croissant sans buerre
C'est incroyable!
And yes, I am aware that croissants were originally Viennese and that the French made them their own, but...
AIBU to want to despair of such madness?

  • And also yes, I know that people other than vegans don't eat butter
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Vegandiva · 05/05/2024 06:29

sounds delicious 😋 i’ll have to check them out when i am next in paris, thanks for letting us know 😁

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:31

Vegandiva · 05/05/2024 06:29

sounds delicious 😋 i’ll have to check them out when i am next in paris, thanks for letting us know 😁

I am off to France on Friday. I am hoping this madness is only confined to a single-Parisian bakery!
Please report back - I am agog!

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sheoaouhra · 05/05/2024 06:32

its just a different sort of croissant. whats the drama? I can cope with there being more than one type of croissant in the world

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:33

sheoaouhra · 05/05/2024 06:32

its just a different sort of croissant. whats the drama? I can cope with there being more than one type of croissant in the world

Croissants are just butter held together by flakey pastry. To make them without butter...
Yes, of course different croissants are available; no drama, as the title said, light-hearted!

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Dontjudgeme101 · 05/05/2024 06:35

Do you know which Bakery? We are going to Paris in July. Botha my dc are allergic to dairy. So this would be perfect for them.

GrumpyPanda · 05/05/2024 06:36

YAdefinitelyNBU OP. We have an actual French baker in town who uses proper amounts of butter. The difference to all other local bakeries, all of which are too stingy for this, is incredibly even just on sight. Theirs have a hard and shiny surface; his are soft and flaky and the taste is divine and definitely not an everyday pleasure. And that's before even getting into the crime of margarine-based "croissants."

HilaryThorpe · 05/05/2024 06:37

Certainly no sign of it here in Normandy!

TissueInTheWash · 05/05/2024 06:38

I thought this already existed - curly croissants (croissant-shaped) are butter, and the straight ones are marge

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:39

Dontjudgeme101 · 05/05/2024 06:35

Do you know which Bakery? We are going to Paris in July. Botha my dc are allergic to dairy. So this would be perfect for them.

Sorry, no! It was on BBC news this morning, between 6.15 and 6.30am if that's any help
Good luck! Enjoy Paris, it's fabulous (altho potential to be very hot!)

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:44

TissueInTheWash · 05/05/2024 06:38

I thought this already existed - curly croissants (croissant-shaped) are butter, and the straight ones are marge

To an extent. But mainly to do with shape; straight croissants are all butter (supposed to be by French law), whereas crescent shaped are made with margarine.
So, it's about the bastardisation of the straight-croissant!

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Dontjudgeme101 · 05/05/2024 06:44

Thank you @VestibuleVirgin and for the info about potential weather in Paris.Enjoy your time in France on Friday.

LordEmsworth · 05/05/2024 07:08

Eh? This is nothing new... Must be a slow news day at the been

www.theguardian.com/food/2022/jul/15/croissants-are-moving-on-the-vegan-chefs-reinventing-french-patisserie

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 07:13

@LordEmsworth Oh, my goodness! I thought this was breaking news. Clearly someone at the BBC has only just got around to reading the paper!
Nevertheless, it is a crime!

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notprincehamlet · 05/05/2024 07:19

I was shocked to the very core to discover you can get vegan canelés in Bordeaux.Ô rage! Ô désespoir!

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 07:21

notprincehamlet · 05/05/2024 07:19

I was shocked to the very core to discover you can get vegan canelés in Bordeaux.Ô rage! Ô désespoir!

😵🤯😵😲😲

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welshycake · 05/05/2024 07:21

VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:44

To an extent. But mainly to do with shape; straight croissants are all butter (supposed to be by French law), whereas crescent shaped are made with margarine.
So, it's about the bastardisation of the straight-croissant!

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I didn't know this!

Geranium1984 · 05/05/2024 07:23

My little girl is CMPA and I'd love to find some vegan pastries for her. And me when I was breastfeeding!
Obviously not the same and they probably taste like a crime but if that's you're only option then.... 🤷

EmilyTheCriminal · 05/05/2024 07:23

As someone who becomes ill after eating dairy this is wonderful news!

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 07:24

welshycake · 05/05/2024 07:21

I didn't know this!

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You can now impress your local baker!

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FinanceLPlates · 05/05/2024 07:35

As far as I know, there’s always been the “croissant beurre” (butter croissant/straight) vs. the ordinary, pointed variety made with margarine. The latter was inferior and cheaper.

My suspicion is that someone had the clever idea to rebrand the marge croissant as “vegan” so that they could charge more money from the gullible.

A bit like rice cakes etc that suddenly jumped up in price when someone added the words “gluten free” to the packaging 🙄

Vegandiva · 05/05/2024 19:48

VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 06:31

I am off to France on Friday. I am hoping this madness is only confined to a single-Parisian bakery!
Please report back - I am agog!

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I’m so jealous, I’m a total carbaholic so I would definitely make a beeline for the vegan croissant place 😁 have a fab trip 🤩

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VestibuleVirgin · 05/05/2024 20:07

Vegandiva · 05/05/2024 19:48

I’m so jealous, I’m a total carbaholic so I would definitely make a beeline for the vegan croissant place 😁 have a fab trip 🤩

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Thank you!

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Lemonademoney · 05/05/2024 20:11

Geranium1984 · 05/05/2024 07:23

My little girl is CMPA and I'd love to find some vegan pastries for her. And me when I was breastfeeding!
Obviously not the same and they probably taste like a crime but if that's you're only option then.... 🤷

St Pierre do vegan croissants and vegan pain au chocolate and you can get them in sainsburys. My CMPA DS loves them

crivit · 05/05/2024 20:21

https://www.vgpatisserie.fr/

Absolutely incredible stuff here. Found this place by accident on a long weekend in Paris a few years ago and had to have breakfast there everyday. I try and visit whenever I'm in Paris.

Generally a lot easier to find now which is wonderful, if detrimental to my efforts to lose weight.

VG Pâtisserie - Pâtisserie Artisanale Végétale Bio Paris - VG Pâtisserie

Pâtisserie Artisanale Végétale Bio Options sans gluten à Paris.

https://www.vgpatisserie.fr

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