Chewing tobacco is a common type of smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco products consist of tobacco or a tobacco blend that's chewed, sucked on or sniffed, rather than smoked. There are many types of smokeless tobacco products around the world. In the United States, the main types of smokeless tobacco are: 1  Snuff.
Croissants are essentially puff pastry with the addition of yeast, and typically baked in the shape of a crescent. They can be made plain or wrapped around almond paste or chocolate before it is baked (in the latter case, it becomes like pain au chocolat, which has a different, non-crescent, shape).
The History of Puff Pastry. from Baking911. PUFF PASTRY: Originating in France, they call this as pÃ¢te feuilletÃ©e or feuilletage. Puff pastry is a light, flaky made by repeatedly layering pastry dough and butter or another solid fat, called laminating, to form a thin dough that puffs in the oven. It is one of the ultimate examples of flakiness, if everything is done right from start to finish, or the results will be disappointing. Puff Pastry was invented in about 1645 by a French pastrycook's apprentice named Claudius Gele. At the end of his apprenticeship, Claudius wanted to bake a delicious loaf of bread for his sick father, who was prescribed a diet consisting of water, flour and butter.