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Good Lord....
This renaming trend is hilarious.
How does this affect the Danish newspapers that started the controversy?
For breakfast you can now have "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad" or "Freedom Toast."
Iran Renames Danish Pastries
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 56 minutes ago
Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."
Bakeries across the capital were covering up their ads for Danish pastries Thursday after the confectioners' union ordered the name change in retaliation for caricatures of the Muslim prophet published in a Danish newspaper.
"Given the insults by Danish newspapers against the prophet, as of now the name of Danish pastries will give way to 'Rose of Muhammad' pastries," the union said in its order.
"This is a punishment for those who started misusing freedom of expression to insult the sanc ies of Islam," said Ahmad Mahmoudi, a cake shop owner in northern Tehran.
One of Tehran's most popular bakeries, "Danish Pastries," covered up the word "Danish" on its sign with a black banner emblazoned "Oh Hussein," a reference to a martyred saint of Shiite Islam. The banner is a traditional sign of mourning.
The shop owner declined to comment Thursday.
In Zartosht Street in central Tehran, cake shop owner Mahdi Pedari didn't cover up the word "Danish pastries" on his menu, but put the new name next to it.
"I did so just to inform my customers that Rose of Muhammad is the new name for Danish pastries," he said.
Some customers took immediately to the new name. But others were less enthusiastic about the protest.
"I just want the sweet pastries. I have nothing to do with the name," homemaker Zohreh Masoumi told the sales clerk taking her order.
The drawings, which have offended many Muslims, were published in a Danish newspaper in September and then reprinted in European and American newspapers. One depicted the prophet with a turban shaped like a bomb with a burning fuse.
Islam widely holds that representations of Muhammad are banned for fear they could lead to idolatry. At least 19 people have been killed in protests over the past several weeks, most of them in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Consumer boycotts of Danish goods, from Havarti cheese to Lego, are costing Denmark's companies millions in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Muslim countries.
Iranians love sweets, often bringing candies and pastries to parties. So-called "Danish pastries" are extremely popular.
The Danish's distinctive dough was first created in the 17th century by a French apprentice baker who forgot to add butter to the flour and tried to hide his mistake by folding lumps of it into the dough. It became known as "a thousand leaves" in France.
It was copied in Italy — where it is known as "folded pastry" — and Italian bakers took it to Austria. It journeyed from there to Denmark when Danish bakers went on strike and replacements imported from Austria brought along what became known in Denmark as "Viennese Bread."
The pastry became the Danish to the rest of the world, probably, according to the Danish bakers' union, because Danish bakers emigrated to so many countries.
In Iran, the pastries are domestically baked, not imported. Iran has cut all commercial ties with Denmark in retaliation for the prophet cartoons.
Iran's Danish renaming wasn't the first time a food name has become a symbol of protest. A Republican congressman from North Carolina helped lead an effort to make sure Capitol Hill cafeterias changed their menus to advertise "freedom fries" instead of french fries after France opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Good Lord....
Are up allowed to use this term? Might offend someone.Good Lord....
I'm useless without my danish and coffee
How come Green? And danish and coffee, coffee good. Danish will give
you heart problems, so they say. Course at my age who cares....
actually, I prefer a bagel with cream cheese
You would, liberal!
Cream cheese is good, heck if you can eat it, it's good. Still didn't answer
the question....why green?
It's a metaphor for the incredibly strong economy and surge in wealth we have seen under the Bush administration.
Are we being sarcastic? It has been a good economy considering everything
this country has gone thru.
No, I just said because I knew it would be the last reason Oh Gee!! would have for picking that avatar.
its cuz the Spurs have me made angry with the last two losses
Freedom fries anyone?
It's the damn turnovers and can't hit anything from the the line. Grrrrrr.
^^But you gotta admit, which I am now, they did a of a job on the rodeo
circuit. Only lost two, I think. AJ may come back to haunt Pop. He is doing
one heck of a job in Dallas......
You mean it's the damn Roses of the Prophet Muhammad
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