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Cooking & Baking

Callalily

(14,892 posts) Tue May 5, 2020, 11:59 AM May 2020

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20 of Your Favorite Foods and Where They Came From (Original Post) Callalily May 2020 OP

Adding to the croissant story: no_hypocrisy May 2020 #1

Thank you! Very interesting. Callalily May 2020 #2

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1. Adding to the croissant story:

Tue May 5, 2020, 12:22 PM

May 2020

It's a crescent because it was developed because of the invasion of the Moors. The crescent shape was to mock the invaders.

https://www.dinktravelers.com/europe/central-europe/austria/croissant-history/

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2. Thank you! Very interesting.

Tue May 5, 2020, 12:31 PM

May 2020