Do French people eat croissants (and pastries) multiple times per week?

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Anonymous wrote:I am here for this France vs. Belgium showdown

Ok, so I am Swiss an a new poster. I am going to be neutral and say both a right lol. In Switzerland some people like to have "café complet" as dinner, similar to what Belgian OP is describing: Bread, cheese, yogurt, maybe some cured meat. Croissant for breakfast is a treat (for the weekend or occasionally on your way to work if you walk past a bakery). People would occasionally bring croissants to work the same why Americans bring donuts. Swiss people usually to eat a healthy type of bread (pain complet, pain de seigle) for breakfast with butter and jelly, or butter and honey. We also do muesli and cereal.

Let me add that I have always been surprised by the general recommandation here to have protein for breakfast (egg, meat product).

Personally, if I’m going to eat breakfast, it needs to be protein, not carbs. I love pastry, but if I eat just bread or pastry, much less sugary things like jam, my blood sugar crashes well before noon and I’m a mess. I feel worse than if I eat nothing. I realize this doesn’t affect everyone this way, but I suspect it’s not uncommon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am here for this France vs. Belgium showdown

Ok, so I am Swiss an a new poster. I am going to be neutral and say both a right lol. In Switzerland some people like to have "café complet" as dinner, similar to what Belgian OP is describing: Bread, cheese, yogurt, maybe some cured meat. Croissant for breakfast is a treat (for the weekend or occasionally on your way to work if you walk past a bakery). People would occasionally bring croissants to work the same why Americans bring donuts. Swiss people usually to eat a healthy type of bread (pain complet, pain de seigle) for breakfast with butter and jelly, or butter and honey. We also do muesli and cereal.

This is what I like, right here.

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Do French people put bacon, egg and white cheddar cheese on their croissants or is the fresh croissant breakfast sandwich an American bakery invention? It's so indulgent but sooooo damn good -- correct me if I'm wrong I don't think bacon really exists in Europe. Thing is, all the European bakeries sell this. The best croissant breakfast sandwich ever is out West in a ski resort town. You're really burning those calories and it just hits the spot every morning in those European bakeries in the faux European ski villages.

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Anonymous wrote:American naturalized Belg PP here. A Frenchman told me that Belgians tend to put butter on their bread far more often. You do see more of the Germanic influence, vs. Medit, as in France -- more per capita dairy and meat consumption. This may be why we have one of the highest cancer rates in the world.

My French in-laws put a s***ton of salted butter on their baguettes.

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Anonymous wrote:Do French people put bacon, egg and white cheddar cheese on their croissants or is the fresh croissant breakfast sandwich an American bakery invention? It's so indulgent but sooooo damn good -- correct me if I'm wrong I don't think bacon really exists in Europe. Thing is, all the European bakeries sell this. The best croissant breakfast sandwich ever is out West in a ski resort town. You're really burning those calories and it just hits the spot every morning in those European bakeries in the faux European ski villages.

No way. It is delicious though...

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Anonymous wrote:I am here for this France vs. Belgium showdown

Spoiler alert, France wins then Belgium has to fight for independence

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Anonymous wrote:I thought French and Europeans in general are really into daily fresh bread. But I suppose fresh bread with a lot of good butter schmeared on it probably isn’t much different than a plain croissant.

I lived on Europe for 7 years and you don't put butter on bread unless you are making like a ham sandwich. Fresh bread is something you have dialy but it is a small bit of baguette with a bit of cheese and maybe a bit of ham. Dinner is often a small piece of bread with some cheese or jam since lunch is often the main meal. When I got back from living in Belgium for a long time, dinner would be bread, raspberry jam or a small nit of cheese. I miss it now that I think about it. I might do it for my kids.

My French BIL slathers his French bread with French butter.

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Anonymous wrote:Croissants in france (and italy) are definitely smaller. A small croissant and cup of coffee is really not much for breakfast. The french women I know really don't eat many calories in a day. They also don't care about having 6 pack abs and that kind of thing, so they can have bread in their lives.

They also smoke