[Sca-cooks] Very Odd Food Reference Question

[Mike Newton]

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> Yes. The Croissant, or the Crescent, was made when the Austrians (I think)
> were besieged by the Ottoman Turks. THe Crecent was a symbol of victory
over
> the Muslims, whose symbol was the Crecent Moon. And the croissant, to many
> people's disbelief, is not french of origin. ;)
>
> Misha

Of Course no matter how true the story is, and I don't doubt that it is, the
French will claim they were making them long before the Austrians. That is
just the French way.

Thorbjorn


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