On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:20:32 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Surely (hopefully) it's like the cupcake craze.
>
> Pretzel buns. Pretzel rolls. Even some ridiculous looking ad for a
> chain serving pretzel dough pizza. (Topped with some sort of cheddar
> cheese sauce that looks like it comes out of a can for 50¢ ball-park
> nachos.)
>
> When I turn on the TV, it appears the US has suddenly gone crazy for
> preztel dough everything. WTF?
>
> I like pretzels as an occasional snack. I've eaten hot doughy pretzels,
> too. Delicious! I tried to make soft pretzels from scratch once. I
> failed. I didn't realize at the time they are like bagels; they need to
> be boiled before they're baked. (I was about 17 at the time.) I didn't
> have a recipe, I just tried to cobble one together based on bread dough.
> I wound up with crispy baked pretzels. :-D
>
> Back to the point. Who wants all this pretzel dough stuff? More stupid
> marketing. And people will surely buy into it.
>

I like the trend and crave pretzel bagels. Pretzel pizza sounds
weird, but I'd try it once.


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