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An english muffin is a perverted version of a crumpett. A crumpett isn't remotely similar to a pancake. LOL
Curry? Indian & Thai I love. Caribbean curry I adore. Caribbean curry would have originated from Indian immigrants and morphed by the local ingredients available in the islands. Today, the best curries come from those islands with a decent population of Indocaribbean citizens...like Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica.
I have had chocolate croissants in Germany and Amsterdam but haven't been to France so I can't comment. However, I did have them all over Quebec so maybe they are a French Canadian export?
I think what is referred to as a chocolate croissant in the U.S. isn't really a croissant with chocolate inside and is in fact the same as a "pain au chocolat" in France. It is also known as a "chocolatine" in many parts of France and Quebec.
Well, I am sorry then, this is the way I read/was told.
I see a difference between what I said, "different nomenclature" and what you said, "did and does exist" as "the whole original premise" of my post, though.
However, I am not a specialist in Indian food, just a foodie.
How can you argue nomenclature when everyone speaks different languages in those various countries?
It's because when the first French explorers arrived in North America, they found corn growing all over the place and corn was a staple of the native population's diet. Since they were looking for a passage to Asia (China and India*), they concluded that this tasty yellow stuff must be the "wheat of India". And the name has stuck around for 400+ years in North American French!
*Which also explains why North American natives were labelled "Indians" by the first Europeans.
I think what is referred to as a chocolate croissant in the U.S. isn't really a croissant with chocolate inside and is in fact the same as a "pain au chocolat" in France. It is also known as a "chocolatine" in many parts of France and Quebec.
I have seen some chocolate croissants in the UK and US ( chocolate covered croissants , usually quite sweet and sickly, using fake chocolate and not very flakey) but a chocolatine ( a French word in certain regions as well as Quebec) is a different thing though ( delicious, buttery, flakey and moist ) .
I love "pain au chocolat" but was not impressed with the chocolate croissant.
Which of the two are people in the US refering to ? :
I'm confused too! I assumed it was the former. I've never seen the latter. Well, maybe I have. I don't know, gosh, have I?
Anyway!, yeah "chocolate croissant" means the first one to me, and I get that it's not the croissant shape but that's how they're labeled at the bakery and sometimes you just don't feel like pointing!
I have seen some chocolate croissants in the UK and US ( chocolate covered croissants , usually quite sweet and sickly, using fake chocolate and not very flakey) but a chocolatine ( a French word in certain regions as well as Quebec) is a different thing though ( delicious, buttery, flakey and moist ) .
I love "pain au chocolat" but was not impressed with the chocolate croissant.
Which of the two are people in the US refering to ? :
I think the chocolatines are much more common here in Quebec than the chocolate-covered croissants. At least in true pâtisseries they are. The chocolate-covered croissants look like something you might see in a big supermarket's commercial bakery section, right next to the slab cakes with plastic race cars or Disney princesses on them...
I think the chocolatines are much more common here in Quebec than the chocolate-covered croissants. At least in true pâtisseries they are. The chocolate-covered croissants look like something you might see in a big supermarket's commercial bakery section, right next to the slab cakes with plastic race cars or Disney princesses on them...
I know, I have had some lovely Chocolatines in Quebec too ! The Chocolate croissants as you say seem a lot more like chain produced sutff and certainly taste like it. Not my cup of tea I must admit !
A good Pain au Chocolat ( Chocolatine) is a little slice of heaven IMO !
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The Chocolate croissants as you say seem a lot more like chain produced sutff and certainly taste like it. Not my cup of tea I must admit ! 
