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Why France is finding vegan croissants hard to stomach (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

One of the things that makes french pastry so good is the buttery taste. You can have good pastry without butter but it's definitely not on par with a proper butter croissant.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

People downvoting you for the truth. There are dishes that you just can't approximate with substitutes, baked goods which have butter as their main ingredient being one of them. Like making a steak without meat.

I have been eating vegetarian or vegan for long before it became en vogue to care about animal welfare and the ecological impact, but I still wouldn't try to eat like a meat eater with vegan imitations replacing my dietary habits.

For that matter I don't like most of the current approximations that are all the rage right now, I don't want to taste meat when I dont eat meat. Keep your analog mortadella away from me.

Went a bit off the rails. Sorry

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was never a butter guy, i don't like it when food tastes buttery. I tried vegan butter, and i was pretty shocked how much it smelled like butter. I don't know how well that translates to baking and such tho.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I haven't tried vegan butter yet, it's easier to find margarine around here, which tastes like ass most of the time. But I'd definitely give it a try if they manage to get the buttery taste without the suffering.

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

The weirdest part is that i absolutely dislike coconut, which sucks, and it's on a coconut base, but tastes more like ice cream butter? Hard to explain

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Vegan croissant have existed for a very long time, it's usually cheaper croissant that are made with palm oil to replace butter.

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

Oh sweet summer child let me tell you about palm oil...