Calling chocolatine any other way chez nous is unthinkable! Our retort is that a 'pain au chocolat' would be normal bread dough with chocolate chips, not an actual viennoiserie. Hence, chocolatine makes more sense. It's quite common to find some actual 'pain au chocolat' - actual bread dough with chocolate - sitting right next to chocolatines in many bakeries, just to prove the point. I think that's just pure Southwest pettiness, but I love it!
You had me rolling with joy at the title. From there I swear I will buy my ticket back the country bakery of yesteryear tomorrow. I do have the luxury of some amazing French baking in Quebec, quite a bit closer when I am home in New York.
But of course the best part is the analogy of what’s in a name. You unexpectedly rolled that right in here so effectively it immediately translated this preposterous entanglement we are in right now globally to a pastry metaphor. And I love you for that.
See also ‘suisse’ and ‘feuillette’! Lovely piece, John.
Too kind.
Hahaha, in Spain they are called napolitanas, they are so good but never as good as in France
Thank you for featuring the beloved “chocolatine” (and other mouth-watering French creations.) Signed: Une Toulousaine.
Calling chocolatine any other way chez nous is unthinkable! Our retort is that a 'pain au chocolat' would be normal bread dough with chocolate chips, not an actual viennoiserie. Hence, chocolatine makes more sense. It's quite common to find some actual 'pain au chocolat' - actual bread dough with chocolate - sitting right next to chocolatines in many bakeries, just to prove the point. I think that's just pure Southwest pettiness, but I love it!
Great, tasty piece John. I love all things Choux, Paris-brest in particular. Nobody can make it like the French can.
You had me rolling with joy at the title. From there I swear I will buy my ticket back the country bakery of yesteryear tomorrow. I do have the luxury of some amazing French baking in Quebec, quite a bit closer when I am home in New York.
But of course the best part is the analogy of what’s in a name. You unexpectedly rolled that right in here so effectively it immediately translated this preposterous entanglement we are in right now globally to a pastry metaphor. And I love you for that.