 Der Alte Fritz  | 31 Aug 2009 10:28 a.m. PST |
The other day, as I was riding in the elevator, the little Captivate News Screen thingy had an item that indicated that 80% of the pretzels that are eaten in the United States are made in Pennsylvania. How about that! |
 John the OFM | 31 Aug 2009 10:40 a.m. PST |
Holding our heads high in the Keystone State! |
 Saginaw | 31 Aug 2009 10:45 a.m. PST |
Which brand's the best? Also, do y'all "trick them up", or eat 'em right out of the bag? And what about soft pretzels? What's the general consensus on those? |
| John the OFM | 31 Aug 2009 4:58 p.m. PST |
The only way to eat soft pretzels is at a ball game. They have to be hot, too, with lots of salt. Mustard is the only proper condiment with them. Beer is good too. I like Utz Dark for the hard pretzels. My son likes to mix mustard and ketchup and dip his pretzels, but it always makes me shudder. Kids today. Pretzels are the ideal miniatures gaming snack, because ideally they have no sauce or schmutz all over them. Some have honey mustard or cheddar cheez schmutz on them, though. Again, great with beer. |
| DeanMoto | 31 Aug 2009 6:08 p.m. PST |
I like those big pretzels – the ones you eat with mustard. Ah…yes, good with beer, of course. Pretty much a meal. |
| Toshach | 31 Aug 2009 7:37 p.m. PST |
I buy the UTZ sticks by the barrel from Sam's club. They are great. Years ag, while vacationing in Amish country we hit a pretzel factory. It might have been Tom's, and loaded up on cheese pretzels. God, they were fabulous. |
| Saginaw | 31 Aug 2009 8:28 p.m. PST |
My son likes to mix mustard and ketchup and dip his pretzels, but it always makes me shudder. Kids today. Hmm. I usually reserve mixing mustard and ketchup on a hot, fresh cheeseburger. But, like you said, John, kids these days.  Say, while we're on the subject, what do y'all think about these: link I'm betting what the answer just might be. |
| John the OFM | 31 Aug 2009 9:06 p.m. PST |
Never tried them.
However Combos are pretzels filled with cheese. |
| John the OFM | 31 Aug 2009 9:07 p.m. PST |
Oh, ketchup and mustard are great on burgers and hot dogs, but pretzels? |
| Der Alte Fritz | 31 Aug 2009 10:01 p.m. PST |
Snyder's of Hanover are very tasty pretzels too. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 01 Sep 2009 6:15 a.m. PST |
One of my fondest memories of kidhood is eating a warm
soft pretzel loaded down with mustard on a cold day
at the Philadelphia zoo… Love the soft warm pretzel w/mustard to this day ! |
| jtkimmel | 01 Sep 2009 6:51 a.m. PST |
I used to work with a girl who moved to Philadelphia from California. Apparently the assumption where she lived in CA was that everyone in PA put Philly cream cheese on their Philly soft pretzels and couldn't understand why that wasn't the case when she got here. I tried it once, didn't taste that bad, but I much prefer the spicy mustard. I wonder who figured out that warm, salty dough actually tasted good? |
| skinkmasterreturns | 03 Sep 2009 9:38 a.m. PST |
I hate salt on pretzels,so that cuts about 90 percent of them out for me. I do like the plain soft pretzels at Auntie Annes though,with mustard. |
The G Dog  | 04 Oct 2009 5:14 p.m. PST |
Mmmm…Snyder's of Hannover. Are they really in Hannover? |
| Old Slow Trot | 08 Oct 2009 6:30 a.m. PST |
Oktoberfests are also a good time for those soft pretzels. |
