History of croissants

Im here to talk about the history of croissants. "The turn of the 17th century saw the first recipe for the style of dough that would be popularised by croissants was documented. Appearing in “Le Pâtissier françois” by François Pierre de La Varenne, was the recipe for “Pâte feuilletée”, more commonly known as ‘puff pastry’.Later that century, Vienna and Buda gave birth to two more tales of the origin of the croissant. One such legend states that it was created in Buda to celebrate the defeat of the Ummayyad forces by the Franks in the Battle of Tours, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent moon.Another origin story comes from Vienna, where the delicious, flaky pastry was created to celebrate the defeat of the Ottomans by Christian forces in 1683. The croissant was created as a reference to the Ottoman flags, an honour to the bakers who prevented the Turks’ tunnelling underneath their city by giving alarm to Christian authorities.A more romantic tale from the 18th century, tells a story of the croissant often attributed to Marie Antoinette. The Archduchess of Austria was known not to eat at royal dinners, only to sneak away and eat and drink the sweets and coffee of her country. Her love of kipferls and christening of the kipferl as the “croissant” is rumoured to have brought it in to fashion in the high society France of the time. As pastry was reserved only for high society and royalty the credibility of this story could carry some weight.Yet, the first verified historical evidence of the croissant has been attributed to August Zang and his upscale pastry shop, Boulangerie Viennoise in the early 19th century. The bakery-like shop specialised in treats from his native Vienna, most notably the kipferl. His kipferl was made with flakier dough than traditional sweets, and people began to refer to it as a croissant because of its crescent shape.A French Baker name Sylvain Claudius Goy wrote a recipe in 1915, that would cement the technique that remains at the heart of baking the modern croissant. His use of yeast differentiated his rolls from traditional puff pastry’s and gave birth to the croissant of present day.In the first half of the 20th century, the croissant was baked and beloved by adoring French bakers and all who enjoyed it. After World War 2, the rise of mass-produced food only boosted the pastry’s popularity in France, Europe and the world over. By the end of the 20th century, the croissant took the foodservice industry by storm thanks to the introduction of flash freeze technologies, with take away ‘croissanteries’ and fast-food chains now able to sell croissant breakfast sandwiches and savoury pastries." -Wiki

So there you have it, the history of Jimmy-Kun's favorite snack. No wonder he's craving mine.