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About National Croissant Day

United States
EVENT NAME:
Croissant Day, Ntl.
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Food , United States
Dates Active:
Begins: Jan 30, 2024
Ends: Jan 30, 2024
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National Croissant Day celebrates the airy pastry called the croissant. A popular legend says croissants first appeared in 1683 in Austria. At that time, the Ottoman Empire besieged the city of Vienna, Austria. Vienna weathered the siege. Tall tales suggest they celebrated victory over the Islamic empire with crescent-shaped pastries. Why a crescent? It's the symbol of Islam—or is it? Here's the problem with that legend.

The crescent and star were not associated with Islam until the late 1700s (18th century) when the Ottoman Empire emblazoned their flag with the symbol. Before that, Islam had no universal symbol like the cross or fish in Christianity. The Star of David, likewise, is not an ancient symbol for Judaism. The Zionist movement adopted the star at the turn of the 20th century to represent its Jewish nationalist political movement. Prior, the star was a common symbol in various ancient pagan faiths, often representing the union of a man and woman.

Back to the star and crescent. The star and crescent exist on artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age (3300 BC to 1200 BC). It is found on Roman coins, on pagan temples and within the symbols of the Knights Templar, and in various Christian iconography. So if the legend about 17th-century bakers in Austria is incorrect, where did croissants come from?

Croissants are the children of a 13th-century bread called the Kipferi, a crusted yeast bread baked in a 3/4 circle. The baking style required to make a croissant incorporates layers of yeast bread with butter folded on each other, then twisted. This technique first appeared in the late 1830s in France at August Zang's Pastry shop in Paris, the Boulangerie Viennoise. Zang was Austrian, so Austria is part of the story.

Zang took his light-layered creation and folded its ends toward each other, forming the now iconic crescent shape. By 1869, the croissant made its way to breakfast tables throughout France and had become a staple. The puff pastry received one more boost in popularity when Charles Dickens mentioned it in his periodical "All the Year Round" in 1872.

Now you know the brief history of one of the world's favorite carbs, the croissant, and the origins of religious trademarks. With today being Croissant Day, why not indulge in one yourself?

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