Le Croissant
>> Thursday, July 29, 2010
Did you know that the croissant originated from Austria and not France? The history of the croissant dates back to the 17th century, during the seige of Vienna by the Turkish Ottoman army. The story goes that since bakers had to work during the night when everyone else was sound asleep, they were able to hear the noise made by the enemy attempting to attack the city. The bakers then sounded the alarm, alerted the Viennese army and the Turkish force were then repulsed as a result. The Viennese bakers were given the honor of creating a pastry to commemorate this victory and they invented the "Hornchen" (little horn in German) which becomes the croissant we know today. Marie Antoinette, the Austrian princess who became King Louis XVI's wife, introduced the croissant to France in the 18th century.
