Question: How do Germans eat croissants?
About the article "Croissant", section "Variants".

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St. Martin's Day is celebrated in the Greater Poland region of Poland, mainly in its capital city Poznań.
On this day, the people of Poznań buy and eat considerable amounts of croissants, made specially for this occasion from roughpuff pastry with white-poppy and dainties, so-called Martin Croissants or St. Martin Croissants. 
Apart from both cold and warm sandwiches, Rodilla offers filled croissants, salads, pastries and fried dishes to eat in the shop or to take away. 
St. Martin's Day is celebrated in the Greater Poland region of Poland, mainly in its capital city Poznań.
On this day, the people of Poznań buy and eat considerable amounts of "Rogale" ( pronounced Ro-gah-leh) locally produced croissants, made specially for this occasion from half-French paste with white-poppy seeds, crushed almonds or walnuts and dainties, so-called "Rogal świętomarciński" or "Martin Croissants" or "St. Martin Croissants".
In recent years, competition amongst local bakeries has become fierce for producing the best "Rogale", and very often bakeries proudly display a certificate of compliance with authentic, traditional recipes.
Poznanians celebrate with a feast, specially organised by the city.
There are different concerts, a St. Martin's parade and a fireworks show. 
In addition to French baguettes, Lee's Sandwiches bakes an assorted array of pastries including butter croissants, danishes, almond croissants, and coconut raisin croissants, ham & cheese croissants, French horns, pâté chauds, muffins, and coconut waffles. 
Under long-standing VAT legislation, sale of most food bought to eat or cook at home is zero-rated for VAT (no tax is charged).
By contrast, meals bought and consumed in a restaurant, and hot take-away food or drink, are charged at the standard 20% tax rate.
(In addition, items such as chocolate products, juice, soft and alcoholic drinks are always standard-rated.
)At the boundary between these two classes, there was a history of legal challenges around food which is baked for sale, and is sold while still hot.
If this could be claimed to be hot only incidentally, it could be zero-rated, as for example freshly baked bread but also pies, pasties etc.
Revenue and Customs (HMRC) guidance stated:4.4 "What about freshly cooked products?
"If you sell freshly cooked products for consumption while they are still hot they are standard-rated, see paragraph 4.5.
Some of these products are, however, not sold with such an intention.
They may only be hot/warm as they are in the process of cooling down.
Examples include pies, pasties, sausage rolls and similar savoury products, cooked chickens or joints of meat, bread products and croissants.
The liability will depend, therefore, on how you prepare and sell them.
If they are sold specifically for consumption whilst still hot (as a result of being freshly prepared, baked, cooked, reheated or kept warm), they will be standard-rated.
See also paragraph 4.5If they are sold warm simply because they happen to be freshly baked, are in the process of cooling down and are not intended to be eaten while hot; or cold or chilled at the time of purchase, they can be zero-rated.4.5 "What do we mean by ‘specifically sold for consumption whilst still hot’?
"You sell food specifically for consumption whilst still hot if you either: have an established hot take-away trade and are selling the food as a part of that trade advertise it as either hot take-away food or in any other way which indicates that it is meant to be eaten while still hot sell it accompanied by napkins, forks, etc to enable it to be eaten before it cools In the March budget papers, the Government published a paper which claimed: "The borderline between hot takeaway food (standard-rated) and cold takeaway food (zero-rated) has for a number of years been the subject of litigation with some retailers arguing that the purpose of heating their food products is to improve their appearance or to comply with health and safety regulations, rather than to enable them to be consumed hot.
This litigation has been decided on the facts of each individual case.
"The document proposed to "apply VAT at the standard rate to all food which is at a temperature above the ambient air temperature at the time that it is provided to the customer, with the exception of freshly baked bread.
This will clarify the rules in this area and ensure that all hot takeaway food is taxed consistently."