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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am shocked people think Asian pastries are too sweet! Is this a joke? American desserts and pastries are so sweet they are mostly inedible for anyone over 10. [/quote]

Asia also encompasses South Asia and outside the US people commonly think of India as well, and that may be the place with the sweetest pastries in the world. Otherwise agree that East Asian desserts are significantly less sweet than American desserts.[/quote]

It doesn't make any sense in this context though; South Asia doesn't really have a huge bread/baking culture, it's a relatively new phenomenon. I don't know why anyone would say that Asian pastries are too sweet, when they eat American buttercream. [/quote]

The thread was about Asian bread and pastry versus that in Europe, not the US.

I don't think anyone is arguing that the US is better at this than either place.

This is just a silly conversation that some people are using to try and brag about their world travels or refined culinary tastes. There's no good reason to try and compare all bread and pastry in Europe to all bread and pastry in Asia, it's a dumb proposition. [/quote]

If you actually read the original post, it is really about Asian countries dominating the top 10 list in a world wide pastry competition.  Japan beat France.  China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia 
... all in the top 10. USA, Germany, Switzerland, Austria....nearly all of the countries Americans typically think of as having good pastry cultures didn't even crack the top 10. Have better reading comprehension nex time.[/quote]

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