| 词汇 | napoleon pastries |
| 词源 | napoleon pastries. These were not named for Napoleon. A traditional story says the emperor carried napoleons in his breast pocket when retreating from Moscow, a tale that persists despite the fact that napoleon in this case is simply a corruption of napolitain, because the pastries were first made in Naples, Italy. |
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