Croissant Day

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The 30th of January is Croissant Day. Mind you, there are some people so devoted to croissants that every day is croissant day.

Ways that you can celebrate the day today are:

• enjoy the croissant of your choice for breakfast or at your morning coffee break — traditional plain butter ones, chocolate croissants, or almond croissants;
• sell croissants at the office in the morning to raise money for your favourite cause.

#CroissantDay

Myths about croissants

There are many myths surrounding croissants, quoted by marketers and food writers whose deadlines seemingly don’t allow them time for fact-checking. In fact, one of the myths — about croissants being created in the 1600s to celebrate a battle against Ottoman forces trying to capture Vienna — was invented in the 1930s. Another myth associates them with Marie Antoinette, but if the poor woman had invented everything attributed to her, the people might have canonized her instead of offing her head.

But never fear, CooksInfo has the real skinny on croissants, and today’s a good day to roll up your sleeves and bite into the truth. While you are it, you can learn why it’s only overachieving North American home cooks on steroids that even attempt to make croissants (no one in Paris would dream of procuring them any other way than at a bakery.)

Click through here to get the skinny on  croissants.

History

The first print mention that CooksInfo is aware of for a Croissant Day in January occurred in January 2017 in Maryland: “Jan. 30 — National Croissant Day and National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day.” ^[1]What day is it? Cumberland, Maryland. Cumberland Times-News. 2 January 2017. Page 4A, col. 1.

Note: a small splinter group of croissant fans attempts to jump the gun and celebrate the day early, on 20th January.

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