the way it isfeddit.deimage Hofmaimaier ( @EherVielleicht@feddit.de ) Memes@lemmy.ml • edit-29 months ago message-square62fedilinkarrow-up1577
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minus-square Obi ( @Obi@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink5•9 months agoMy guess is they think you only have the small crunchy ones in the US like these:
minus-square seitanic ( @seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink3•9 months 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 Holzkohlen ( @Holzkohlen@feddit.de ) linkfedilink5•9 months agoA restaurant? What about your local bakery? Laugengebäck is amazing, you should eat more of it!
minus-square klemptor ( @klemptor@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink2•9 months 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 foreverandaday ( @foreverandaday@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink1•9 months 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 JokeDeity ( @JokeDeity@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•9 months agoI actually don’t like those ones at all, ha ha.
My guess is they think you only have the small crunchy ones in the US like these:![](https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/da54bd14-ef7a-44a2-a8b0-b3087aef4492.jpeg)
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.