• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    The origin sure, as much as bread’s origin is in wheat. Croissant as you know it is French, from Paris specifically. Not that I condone them having some kind of veto on how people get to use this invention now.

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      No, the shape and most of the composition. The French are just entitled enough to pretend it is theirs. Western European nations seem to like doing this.

      • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 day ago

        What you are talking about is kipferl which is definitely Austrian. But someone took that and made it into something new using yeast-leavened laminated dough, called it croissant, and where they did that was 100% in Paris, France. There is no doubt about it because it happened recently enough. They are absolutely not the same end product and I would be outraged if someone served me half-moon shaped bread roll, which is what the Austrian thing is, while trying to pass it off as a croissant.