Ate pastries and blessed, can they join the zimun
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Question
Ten people ate, and two of them ate pastries while the rest ate bread. When they came to perform the zimun with the name, it was revealed that the two who ate pastries had recited the final blessing 'Me'ein Shalosh' before the zimun. Can they now join the zimun of ten? Is this similar to someone who ate bread and can join the zimun of ten even if they recited Birkat Hamazon (Ktz 1 and Beur Halacha there), or is it similar to someone who ate vegetables and if they blessed, they cannot be joined (MB Ktz 197, SK 9)?
Answer
Hello,
According to the explanation in the Mishnah Berurah, the reason why those who ate bread can join is because they are indeed obligated in the zimun.
This explains why those who ate fruits do not join.
Accordingly, pastries, which do not have an obligation but can join, are treated like those who ate fruits.
Source
Mishnah Berurah (Siman Ktz 2).