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Tomorrow is National Croissant Day!!

NATIONAL CROISSANT DAY – January 30

NATIONAL CROISSANT DAY

In the United States, National Croissant Day is observed each year on January 30th. Croissants are a buttery, crescent-shaped rolls that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. 

The key to a perfect croissant is laminating the dough. Laminating the dough is a process by which butter is folded into the mixture creating multiple thin layers of butter and dough. The result is a mouth-watering flaky crust and airy body.

Legend surrounds this pastry, as is often the case with a popular, worldly treat. What is known, is that crescent-shaped breads have been found around the world for ages. One of these was the Kipferl which originated in Austria as far back as the 13th century. This nonlaminated bread is more like a roll.

Credit for the croissant we know today is given to an Austrian military officer, August Lang. In 1939 he opened a Viennese bakery in Paris introducing France to Viennese baking techniques.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Stop by the bakery for a fresh, warm croissant or try making your own using this recipe: Croissants recipe.

1. Well, I do love croissants when they are fresh, but day-old croissants need to be turned into a donut. I happen to really like the croissants that have a donut-like glaze on them! Sugar overload but so good. So... do you like croissants?

What's not to love about a fresh croissant..  We have a bakery/coffee shop  nearby and they serve the best Eggs Benedict on fresh baked croissants..

 YUM! What is your favorite way to eat them?

Anyway I can get them...  

2. Speaking of food... How do you handle stress?

Confession.. I do get the nibbles as my comfort  from stress...  I know not good,  but it is a life long habit...  So I try to find  things  of a more healthy nature.. nuts are good!

3. Out of the negative emotions of greed, anger, jealousy, and hate, which one would you say affects you the most?

I suppose of these  it would have to be anger... but more than anything I'd call it a righteous anger,  for example, over the state of the   government.... Hubs tells me,  "Hey, calm down,,  not  a thing you can do about it, so settle down and  pour yourself a cup of tea!!!"

4. Out of the positive emotions of compassion, positivity, enthusiasm, and initiative, which one is your biggest strength?

My aim is positivity..  in my faith walk  I  purpose to be positive and  bring  light in  my realm of influence.  I'm not perfect by any means...  but that is my  goal!

5. What do you get every time you go grocery shopping, other than the staples such as bread, milk, butter, flour, sugar...I  love Coffee Mate Bliss natural coffee creamer...  they have stopped making  my favorite, Salted Caramel... WHY!!!???!!!!  So I just get vanilla.. But it is  completely natural..

6. Please tell us something random about your week so far.

Sad to say, I  awakened from sleep last night with a horrible sore throat and had to get up and rummage through the meds  .. Thankfully, I found some  sore throat lozenges...  took one and  so  I sat up  and  fooled around with my tablet then went back to sleep, until  about  3 hours later my throat felt slit again...  went through the same process again, but by the time  I was ready to roll back over it was  daylight and Hubs was up  downstairs making my coffee... Thankfully, the sore throat is gone today!!!A nice steamy shower helped!  Now  it is just the sniffles...  Hoping that is all it will be!!