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One subtle difference/fact: Brezeln are different between Bavaria (southeast) and Schwaben (southwest) - soft Brezeln are common in Schwaben, whereas Bavaria mo

by sqrt17 5y ago

One subtle difference/fact: Brezeln are different between Bavaria (southeast) and Schwaben (southwest) - soft Brezeln are common in Schwaben, whereas Bavaria mostly has the salty hard stuff that was the parent of the salty hard stuff you can buy as a specialty in the US.

subpixel 5y ago
I’m not sure if you made this up or were misinformed but this is not true.
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- anoncake 5y ago
  Or they just mixed the two up.
- sqrt17 5y ago
  Ok, I've lived in Schwaben but only ever visited Bavaria, and never ate Pretzels in the US. So Bavarian Brezeln are not completely hard and dry but they're definitely less squishy and soft than Swabian ones.