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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoThough what Americans think of as a pretzel is just a sad squiggle of brown dough.
minus-squareJokeDeitylinkfedilink3•2 years agoLooks delicious but not overly different from what I’m used to.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoMy guess is they think you only have the small crunchy ones in the US like these:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoTo be fair, when people in the US think of a “pretzel”, those are the ones they think of. You can buy big bags of those in any supermarket. If you want to get a big, bready pretzel, you have to go to a restaurant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoA restaurant? What about your local bakery? Laugengebäck is amazing, you should eat more of it!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoHere in Philly soft pretzels are everywhere, they’re a staple. I think usually those little hard ones are just a snack for kids?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoAmericans usually label the small crunchy ones as pretzels and the big real ones as “soft pretzels” when the former is (apparently) an abomination
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoA Brezel has to be eaten fresh. Once it’s older than 30 minutes it gets stale and stops being a proper Brezel!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoIf you get the chance of eating a fresh German pretzel, please compare it to American “Soft pretzels” :)
Though what Americans think of as a pretzel is just a sad squiggle of brown dough.
Am dumb American, enlighten us.
Looks delicious but not overly different from what I’m used to.
My guess is they think you only have the small crunchy ones in the US like these:
To be fair, when people in the US think of a “pretzel”, those are the ones they think of. You can buy big bags of those in any supermarket. If you want to get a big, bready pretzel, you have to go to a restaurant.
A restaurant? What about your local bakery? Laugengebäck is amazing, you should eat more of it!
Here in Philly soft pretzels are everywhere, they’re a staple. I think usually those little hard ones are just a snack for kids?
Americans usually label the small crunchy ones as pretzels and the big real ones as “soft pretzels” when the former is (apparently) an abomination
I actually don’t like those ones at all, ha ha.
A Brezel has to be eaten fresh. Once it’s older than 30 minutes it gets stale and stops being a proper Brezel!
Okay?
If you get the chance of eating a fresh German pretzel, please compare it to American “Soft pretzels” :)