Persian (roll)

Persian
Type Pastry
Place of origin Canada
Region or state Thunder Bay
Main ingredients Pastry dough, icing

A Persian is an oval-shaped, cinnamon-bun-like sweet roll with a sweet, pink icing made of either raspberries or strawberries. More recently other color icings have been used as well, however the vast majority still use the pink icing. It is credited to have originated at Bennett's Bakery and remains particular to the former city of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. The city is now known as Thunder Bay after its amalgamation with Fort William in 1970. It is sometimes confused with a Pershing or a Persian bun which are regional items in parts of the United States but are a completely different baked good made with doughnut batter as opposed to being a sweet roll.

History

Traditional lore is that the Persian was named for U.S. general John "Blackjack" Pershing[1] but the exact date of its inception and circumstances of its creation are no longer known, giving rise to competing claims and myths among people in the region. Its recipe remains a general secret[2] with long-running debates on whether the icing contains raspberries or strawberries. Persians are often used as fundraising items to be sold at schools, churches, shopping malls, and other social events. [3]

References

  1. ↑ My sweet tooth is satisfied – for the next six years
  2. ↑ http://shenanchie.tripod.com/FoodFare/tbpersians.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.thunderbay.ca/Visiting/Exploring_and_Adventure/shopping/Unique_to_Thunder_Bay/persians.htm
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