Plural of 'chou' (also spelled 'choux'); referring to choux pastry dough or items made from it, or the cabbage-like head shape of the pastry.
From French choux, the plural of chou meaning 'cabbage,' referring to the bumpy, cabbage-like appearance of choux pastry after it puffs up during baking.
French pastry chefs named this dough 'choux' (cabbage) because when it puffs up in the oven, it literally looks like little cabbages—and the name stuck for centuries!
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