The International Pastry Thread

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I think American "Philadelphia" cream cheese is very similar to European neuchatel.

In Ireland they are, I'm guessing the UK is the same? Though I can't recall how often the people around me ate them.

Scanian (southern tip of Sweden/subjugated Danish northern territory) Spettekaka, true to its origin, looks like something an eldritch horror would hatch from.

^ Looks tasty, and difficult to make at home (based on descriptions I found online). Is it something most people know how to make? Or is it more common to get it from a bakery?

Well, most people probably get them from bakeries. That being said, the traditional way seems a bit difficult to pull of in a regular kitchen, but the recipe itself is perfectly doable.

^ It makes me think about the many US pastries and desserts that we commonly eat but most individuals don't make at home, such as donuts.

Stroopwafel.



A thin, crispy/chewy waffle with a caramel filling. It's Dutch, but also sold in the USA, and is a new popular thing in my circles. It can be eaten from the package like a cookie, or placed on top of a hot beverage first to soften and warm it. Very sweet and delicious.

Here's something I bought at the local supermarket this evening:










I would always have called these 'buns', but a quick scan of the pastry shelf revealed that 'muffin' does seem to be the general word for such items in the UK these days. Maybe it always was?

*sigh* I wish for delicious things!

Is pumpkin pie a pastry? Or is the fat content not high enough to meet the definition? I used to have it as my birthday dessert every year. Now I make a cheesecake pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.


^ (Without the whipped cream)

I am so tickled that you did this!! How do you like your inaugural muffins?

Yummy!

Wikipedia lists pies under pastries, though I think from the description it is just the existence of the crust that makes it a pastry. So, it is a pastry that is almost entirely filling?

I once got into an hour long argument over whether or not cookie dough baked in a pie pan could be called a "cookie pie." I just needed it to count for Pi day (March 14) because I couldn't get any other pie that day! It obviously wasn't a real pie, though, since there was no crust.

Now that I'm looking at the Wikipedia entry, it sounds like "pastry" is rather narrower a term than I was intending, actually. Cookies don't seem to count as pastries, yet this whole thread originated in a biscuit/cookie terminology conundrum. Now I'm wondering if there's a better umbrella term instead of "pastry" for all these baked goods.

^ Yes the Wikipedia page had me wondering that too. Maybe 'baked goods' would be an umbrella term? Though I guess that would still rule out some of the things you listed in the OP, such as pudding (the US kind anyways). Now I'm thinking about the many different kinds of pudding....yorkshire pudding, black or white pudding , rice pudding, American style pudding...

Personally I'd consider a cookie crust pie to be a legitimate pie

Blood pudding (swedish variant of black pudding)

^ Me: *pretend it's chocolate...pretend it's chocolate*

It wasn't crust + filling though, just literally cookie in a pie dish and nothing else.

^ Ooohh I understand now

Hm now I want giant cookies