John William G Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 According to an article in the NY Times, "Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain and a bellwether of sorts for popular tastes, is dispensing with the traditional curved pastry as of Friday and instead will sell only straight ones. The company offered a decidedly British rationale: It is easier to spread jam on the straight variety." Further, "The Daily Telegraph, a conservative British newspaper, noted that the virtue of the traditional French croissant was its foreignness. "˜They must not be sliced in two, like buns to be buttered,' it observed. "˜They must be torn, and each morsel eaten with jam, even alien apricot jam, if wanted.'" "British Retailer's Straight Croissants Leave Some Bent Out Of Shape" by Dan BIlefsky on nytimes.com 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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