# Eating croissant flakes - weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769 "2013-04-15T15:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/1 "2013-04-15T15:36:02Z")
I love Premiere Moisson’s croissants. When eating them, I save the flakes so that I can eat them after I’ve finished the croissants. Is this weird to do? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/2 "2013-04-15T16:15:37Z")
I like them too, but I have never tried to eat the flakes specifically, although I guess I do at the end. Nothing weird about it. But the Duc de Lorraine has the best croissants in town. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/3 "2013-04-15T16:19:59Z")
When I was a kid I did that. Something about the texture and the flavor of the crispy parts. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/4 "2013-04-15T16:34:17Z")
Hell no. Just did it this morning for ones we got at the Farmers’ Market yesterday. Some of the flakes are pretty big, and why waste them? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/5 "2013-04-15T18:04:23Z")
Flakes can be the best part. I don’t save them, per se, but I do hoover up any left on the plate after the pastry is gone. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/6 "2013-04-15T18:07:41Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I like them too, but I have never tried to eat the flakes specifically, although I guess I do at the end. Nothing weird about it. But the Duc de Lorraine has the best croissants in town. I don’t really save the flakes specifically, but with my favourite croissants, a lot of flakes fall off naturally in the process of eating them. So I eat the flakes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/7 "2013-04-15T21:18:59Z")
I’m sorry, but that flake-eating thing qualifies as seriously deviant behavior. I’m afraid I felt compelled to report you to the FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, and Homeland Security. You will likely be deported to a country where they don’t have croissants. Maybe you will be able to find some biscotti or bagels or something. It’s for the best. P.S. Boy, would I love a nice big almond croissant right now… from La Madeleine or Whole Foods. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-croissant-flakes-weird/655769/8 "2013-04-15T21:22:51Z")
Eating the flakes is what normal people do. It’s the ones that don’t eat the flakes that you have to keep an eye on. :dubious: