As of: March 27, 2024, 8:20 a.m
By: Armin T. Linder
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A “monstrosity” is making waves: a Frenchman shows what he discovered in an Edeka.
But for many Germans this is pretty normal.
Halle (Saale) - No, of course he doesn't mean the whole thing completely seriously, but with a big wink.
This is evident from the fact that his complaint ended up in a Reddit group for German-French friendship.
The post is still making waves: there were around 150 comments in the first 18 hours, plus hundreds of upvotes (which roughly corresponds to “likes”).
By the way, all of this happened purely by chance one day before the international football match between France and Germany.
“Say, you Germans”: Frenchman discovers canned croissants in Edeka
In French, the user writes: “Dites les allesmands… des croissants en boîte?!”.
Translated roughly: “Say, you Germans... croissants in a can?!”.
The photo shows what he means.
Apparently, as the own brand suggests, it was created in an Edeka.
The irritation is understandable.
After all, it is a kind of cultural asset from our neighbors that should taste best fresh from the bakery.
The fact that a Frenchman thinks it doesn't belong in a can shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
A long and broad discussion takes place under the article, partly in German, partly in French.
“We are ashamed of it too!” writes one user.
Someone else sees it completely differently.
“Not me at all.
The highlight of the week as a child was being able to bake croissants yourself after peeling them out of the tin with a bang.”
“But somehow these things are always a happening”: Fan defends Edeka croissants
Another expressed a similar sentiment: “But these things are somehow always a happening when you do them, with the cracking of the can and all.
Great user experience.
And while they are not croissants, the resulting pastries are delicious in their own way.” Many Germans are very familiar with baked croissants, but the French are probably less familiar with them.
Although one person writes: “We also have this in France, in my Intermarché there is even pain au chocolat in cans.”
Some reactions are quite clear - but quite a few of them are probably meant to be humorous.
Like the original article itself, as the Frenchman explains to our editorial team.
“How do I feel about this?
Nothing, except a good opportunity to make a joke on Reddit.
Laughing at things like this creates a bond between the French and German communities.
I like Germans, I know they have their own delicious specialties.” Ultimately, the food industry is responsible for something like baked croissants “and... the customer, i.e.
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myself, who buys the final product.”
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Frenchman tried the Edeka croissants himself – “Pretty terrible”
I'm sorry, what?
Did he grab it and eat the baked croissants like a true Frenchman?
Oh yeah!
“I tried these canned croissants this morning and they are pretty terrible.” But in the end he just sees it as a curiosity and is more into baguettes.
“I mean, it's just food.” He likes to joke, even about the Germans' bread.
"I jokingly tell them that their bread is really terrible and call it 'prison bread.'" A US couple was also quite taken aback in a German supermarket.
By the way, the French Reddit user comes from near Metz, he explains, and is currently in Germany for two months on business for the fourth time, more precisely in Thuringia.
“I came across this monstrosity in Halle/Saale,” he explains about the croissants.
Things don't seem to be that bad after all: he tells our editorial team that he wants to make another load the next day.
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