The History of Croissants — The Food That Was Never French
Crumb Lore
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🥐 The croissant might be the most famous “French” food on Earth… except it didn’t start in France.
In this episode of Crumb Lore, we trace the pastry’s real journey: from the Austrian kipferl, through the collapse of the popular Vienna siege myth, to August Zang’s Paris bakery, and finally to the buttery laminated croissant that France made iconic. Along the way: fake legends, royal gossip that probably never happened, industrial baking, and the strange way nations claim foods as their own.
If you’ve ever wondered who actually invented the croissant, this is the story behind the myth.
✨ In this video:
• The Austrian pastry that came before the croissant
• Why the Battle of Vienna story is almost certainly false
• The Marie Antoinette myth
• August Zang and the Viennese bakery that changed Paris
• How French lamination created the modern croissant
• Why most croissants in France today are industrially made
• How the croissant conquered the world
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#Croissant #FoodHistory #FrenchFood #AustrianFood #BakingHistory #Pastry #CulinaryHistory #Vienna #Paris #BreadHistory #CrumbLore #HistoryDocumentary #FoodMyths #Bakery #CroissantHistory
00:00 Intro
02:40 The Ordinary Austrian Kipferl
05:08 Famous Croissant Myths Debunked
07:05 August Zang Brings Vienna To Paris
09:51 Paris Copies The Viennese Bakery Craze
12:02 France Reinvents The Croissant
15:20 How France Claimed The Croissant
16:43 Global Spread Through Industrial Production
19:07 Handmade Versus Factory Croissants
21:29 The Deep Irony Of French Identity
22:57 Croissant Variations Around The World
25:30 Outro
20 Comments
The same goes to the fact many people don't know that Queen Elizabeth was a pure German in blood and the reason why Lebkuchen or ginger bread became known in England for Christmas as his grandfather brought the Christmas celebration complete with the german traditional feast to England where he ruled.
Due to a bakers' strike in 1850, Austrian bakers were recruited to Danish bakeries and brought with them new ideas - the typical croissant-like laminated pastry, sweet and with lots of butter laminated into the dough, e.g., Plundergebäck.
Danes added more butter and eggs as well as new variations of sweet filling - but basically the idea is Austrian.
The French may have invented lamination as such but yeasted lamination was an Austrian invention, and was the technique that Zang used in his famous Parisian bakery.
The History of Croissants — The Food That Was Never French
Crumb Lore
55,981 views
🥐 The croissant might be the most famous “French” food on Earth… except it didn’t start in France.
In this episode of Crumb Lore, we trace the pastry’s real journey: from the Austrian kipferl, through the collapse of the popular Vienna siege myth, to August Zang’s Paris bakery, and finally to the buttery laminated croissant that France made iconic. Along the way: fake legends, royal gossip that probably never happened, industrial baking, and the strange way nations claim foods as their own.
If you’ve ever wondered who actually invented the croissant, this is the story behind the myth.
✨ In this video:
• The Austrian pastry that came before the croissant
• Why the Battle of Vienna story is almost certainly false
• The Marie Antoinette myth
• August Zang and the Viennese bakery that changed Paris
• How French lamination created the modern croissant
• Why most croissants in France today are industrially made
• How the croissant conquered the world
If you enjoy food history, lost origins, and the messy truth behind iconic dishes, hit subscribe and stick around for more.
📌 Tell us in the comments: what food myth should Crumb Lore unravel next?
#Croissant #FoodHistory #FrenchFood #AustrianFood #BakingHistory #Pastry #CulinaryHistory #Vienna #Paris #BreadHistory #CrumbLore #HistoryDocumentary #FoodMyths #Bakery #CroissantHistory
00:00 Intro
02:40 The Ordinary Austrian Kipferl
05:08 Famous Croissant Myths Debunked
07:05 August Zang Brings Vienna To Paris
09:51 Paris Copies The Viennese Bakery Craze
12:02 France Reinvents The Croissant
15:20 How France Claimed The Croissant
16:43 Global Spread Through Industrial Production
19:07 Handmade Versus Factory Croissants
21:29 The Deep Irony Of French Identity
22:57 Croissant Variations Around The World
25:30 Outro