Talk:Profiterole

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[edit] Article Name

I suggest that this article be renamed Profiterole with a redirect for 'cream puff' as this is the general name known worldwide outside of the US. --Brideshead 11:21, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I moved the article to reflect the most widespread nomenclature. I also removed some over-specific items related to a state fair? I corrected all of the directed links --Brideshead 17:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

The article used to say that profiteroles were "said to have been created by Poelini, a chef to Catherine de Medici; it was then brought over to France in the 16th century". Several problems here:

• Who is this Poelini?
• The profiterole in its current form (choux pastry filled with cream) is not attested anywhere near that long ago; instead, it appears to have been a kind of small bread roll without much crumb cooked in the ashes of a fire (Littré).
• The word (whatever it meant) is attested in English in 1515 (OED), before Catherine de' Medici was born.

As for the business about debuting in the US at the Wisconsin State Fair in 1924, this is highly dubious. French cooking was widely appreciated in the US in the 19th century, and it doesn't seem likely that profiteroles were introduced that late, or in such a provincial setting. --Macrakis 22:34, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] commercialisation

I removed this entire section, it read as an advert, highlghted specific companies and favoured one jurisdiction. It added nothing to the article. --www.secularism.org.uk 19:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't follow your logic. I find it interesting that Profiteroles/Cream puffs are the featured food of a chain, just as McDonald's and Burger King are interesting in discussing hamburgers, Dunkin' Donuts in discussing doughnuts, etc.. The specific companies are relevant. As for "favoured one jurisdiction", I look forward to hearing about any profiterole chains you know about in Uruguay, Kenya, or Bhutan.... --Macrakis 19:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)