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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

So that's not a Croissant Hawaii? :(

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What in god's green earth is this?

I love a croissant with cheese and ham as much as the next guy, but why does the cheese look... foamy? And why is the ham MELTING?? And why is it OVER THE CROISSAINT??!!

It's lovecraftian...

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm going to that this at face value and assume you were high or sleepy. Lmao

That is something like a lemon curd or custard inside, and a pink buttercream style frosting on top.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

It was meant as a joke, since it resembles ham and cheese, which are genuinely good in a croissant, but hey.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Looks like icing, not frosting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Not had my coffee yet, but that's obviously canadian bacon and pineapple

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh god, a crompouce.

You know we should just keep this stuff within the Netherlands. No need to inflict it on other countries :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Wow, you guys out did the cronut. Impressive, sorta.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)

One day I'm going to cook something that gets me death threats and that'll be a glorious day.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I already did. My recipe for Puppy and Kitten Livers Flambe was not well received.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Who gives a fuck what the French think? The origins of the croissant are Austrian.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hello. I'm Austrian. I approve of mango croissants. We have apricot ones, so why not this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I bet the apricot ones are amazing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Absolutely! If you want an easy version that's close to as good, you can cut store bought puff pastry into triangles, spread jam on them, then roll them into crescents and bake. It's what I do since I've gone vegan, since they're otherwise full of cow butter, and I recommend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's plenty innovative croissant shops in paris too. Bet the threats they received were from "French" Americans.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I’m not mad about the mango filling, but those croissants look really pale

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its so called bicolor croissant that you put tape of colored dough on top of regular dough before forming. Its often intentional to bake regular dough pale to show contrast between the colored dough.

Source: I searched recipe for cacao-colored bicolor croissant but never tried.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

the rise is good, though. i imagine they used something like rice flour

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Man I love croissants, they must be one of my top 5 things to eat. Fresh ones don't really need anything at all. They're already buttery. These mango croissants look amazing.

They make a great side for almost anything too. With eggs? Hell yes. With a glass of wine? Duh. Add them to an Irish breakfast with black pudding? Totally works. Cold, on a chicken waldorf sandwich? Of course. With a dollop of ice cream or crème fraîche? If only I could be so lucky.

There's really no wrong way to enjoy a croissant, unless you're putting something totally inedible like drain cleaner with it. There are some foods I would never add, like spray cheese or olives, but that's really just personal preference.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Slather the puff dough in sugar and cinnamon, roll them up, then squeeze them in the middle so that the filling partly oozes out so it can caramelise and crystalise. The best ones are flaky, soggy, and crispy, all in one. Think of it as a cross between a croissant and crème brûlée. Plus cinnamon.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Gotta admit I'm tempted by the fusion, and in the spirit of it, to steer the concept further away from a European style, I'd pair it with matcha ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

These look amazing. Fuck the haters.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

French people wouldn't mind this and if some did they'd still rather swallow their tongues than admitting that you managed to make them angry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm French, this looks great. A true french reaction would be "uh ! I'll try it"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Right?! We’ll be upset only if it tastes bad. Given by how pale they look I’m not confident it won’t.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Maybe it's croissant flavored air?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (23 children)

Why is everyone hating on french people? I do not quite get it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The French like to pretend the way they do things is the only correct way to do things.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The one thing I will give the French, they don't take shit. When the French gov tried to raise the retirement age (if I remember correctly) people took to the streets in a big way. It was glorious.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

most nations especially the USA could learn a lot about how to maintain a democratic state from France

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

The secret is spicing it up with an empire every now and then... Oh fuck the Americans are doing exactly that

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Well, last time the French wanted to guillotine someone, they did.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

As a french croissant maker, yours look amazing. You are definitely skilled and I would taste those enthousiastically

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

There is not a single world where the people who sent death threats if they even exist are French. Variations of croissant are also common in France and the one shown above in the picture looks highly qualitative.

Trolls on the other end pretending to be French and outraged, now that seems more likely.

If the croissant variant just looks like shit French people will likely make fun of it. But death threats? Bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Food purists would have you believe there's specific ways you have to make foods so they are correct. Like croissants are only supposed to have butter, puff pastry and water. Pizza is only supposed to be fresh soft mozzarella, crushed tomatoes, and basil. Steak should only have buttery, thymey pan sauce on it. Deviations are an affront to their culture and an insult to their ancestors.

The correct way is however you like, whatever tastes good to you, whatever you're willing to pay for, and if you run a business, whatever sells.

I like my fried eggs on toast with cream cheese, honey and paprika. I like my pizza made ultra thin on tortilla wraps with salami, sweet potato and anchovies. I like my banana bread with choc chips AND dried cranberries. Other people are gonna like their food in different ways or even hate it my way, and that's okay.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Freedom horns!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It sounds gross, but it looks like they are made well and they probably know more about flavor profiles than I do, so I'm not against it in theory. Would probably not order it myself, but I'd have a bite of my friends if they offered, at least for novelty sake.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

So it's not just us Italians

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Ooh I want to do a guava and cream cheese croissant now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Is it good?

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