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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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIf you get the chance of eating a fresh German pretzel, please compare it to American “Soft pretzels” :)
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!
Though what Americans think of as a pretzel is just a sad squiggle of brown dough.
Am dumb American, enlighten us.
If you get the chance of eating a fresh German pretzel, please compare it to American “Soft pretzels” :)
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:
I actually don’t like those ones at all, ha ha.
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
A Brezel has to be eaten fresh. Once it’s older than 30 minutes it gets stale and stops being a proper Brezel!
Okay?