Mark Twain wrote “cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education” in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894). “Croissants are just biscuits that studied abroad” is a more modern food joke.
“Croissants are just biscuits that studied abroad” was cited on Twitter on September 13, 2012. “Scones are just biscuits that studied abroad” was cited on Twitter on December 29, 2012. Authorship of the joke is unknown.
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Sammy Rhodes
@sammyrhodes
Croissants are just biscuits that studied abroad.
8:49 AM - 13 Sep 12
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STEVE
@MrSpB2
Croissants are just biscuits that studied abroad.
11:15 AM - 13 Sep 12
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Sammy Rhodes
@sammyrhodes
Scones are just biscuits that studied abroad.
11:38 AM - 29 Dec 12
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Mike Goncalves
@mikegoncalves09
Scones are just biscuits that studied abroad.
6:44 PM - 12 Oct 13
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1st lady of Wadiya
@sharonjuma
“Croissants are just biscuits that studied abroad.”
1:27 AM - 14 Nov 13
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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