bring it, turks
about croissants:
"...its origins are actually hungarian. in 1686, hungarian bakers working the night shift to prepare morning pastries heard turkish invaders tunneling under the city. thanks to the bakers' warning, the hungarian army was able to rally and defeat the turks. the hungarian government rewarded the bakers with a mandate to create pastry in the shape of the crescent symbol on the turkish flag. soon all of europe was nibbling on the symbol of turkish defeat."
from The Joy of Cooking
posted by Jesse @ 18:58
6 Comments:
there we go Digs... so the Hungarians did kick some Turkish ass. Go Magyarorszag!
While the Joy of Cooking is a widely recognized historical source; allow me to bring some points to your attention:
1) Ottoman Sultan Suleiman "The Magnificent" invaded Hungary in 1526, annihilated the entire Hungarian army in 90 minutes and victoriously entered Buda, the Hungarian capital.
2) Most of Hungary (including Buda) remained under Ottoman rule for 150 years. After the famous Siege of Vienna in 1683 when the Turks unsuccessfully besieged the Habsburg captial, a 16 year war began between the Holy League (Habsburgs, Poland, Venice, Muscovy and the papacy - virtually most of the Christian world), and it was during this war that Buda was "liberated" in 1686
3) The gunpowder stored under the royal palace blew up and destroyed not only the palace but also a section of the city. Buda was practically only ruins which the Hungarian and foreign troops could repossess.
This war marked the begining of the slow decline of the Ottoman Empire; even though they remained a player on the scene for nearly 250 more years.
The "liberation" of Hungary was a farce; they traded their Turkish masters for new Habsburg masters from Austria and remained subjugated to them until the end of WWI.
PS: Back to the point; Buda was already under Turkish control in 1686, it was the Holy Alliance that was invaders and tunneling under the city.
then we shall rename croissants "the turkish conspiracy"
the US is so scared of Turkey that they have to eat it once a year just to feel better about themselves
The next time I savor a croissant, I will remember this discussion. Over some garam chai..mmm Thank you Turkey:)
Devrim! You can talk about all these historical blah but face the truth: Turks have never been able to resist Hungarians. May we talk about the 16-17th century or today ;-)
Oh! And by the way: I have never heard about the croissant story on the history lectures but thanks for leaving the awesome thermal baths behind ;-) I love them all!
Gitti, the Hungarian :-)
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