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The best part of PA food IMO — particularly SE PA — is the snack/chip aisle in grocery stores. Whereas the aisle is almost entirely Lays brands in other region
by mbauman 5y ago
The best part of PA food IMO — particularly SE PA — is the snack/chip aisle in grocery stores. Whereas the aisle is almost entirely Lays brands in other regions, PA has a flourishing small-snack ecosystem and only a few have escaped to other regions or been eaten up by FritoLayCo (like Herrs, Snyders, and Utz).
Best parts include potato chips cooked in lard (many brands including Goods and Gibbles and Martins and more) and really good pretzels (Hammonds).
- milkytron 5y agoAlso TastyKake, which have since been bought by Bimbo and are now sold across the country. I moved from PA to Colorado and my mom sent me a box of tasty kakes, all melted and pretty much destroyed and then I told her I can go to my local store and buy some. Her mind was blown, same thing with Amarosa rolls.
- organsnyder 5y agoI grew up in Michigan, but my dad's family was from PA. Every family vacation out there we'd bring TastyKakes home with us. Butterscotch krumpets haven't been the same since they tweaked the recipe to stop the frosting from sticking to the wrapper, though.
- milkytron 5y agoAgreed, and the KandiKakes have had less peanut butter filling every since the acquisition by Bimbo.
- bwship 5y agoUnique Pretzels are my favorite. We grew up on these - https://www.uniquepretzels.com/ https://www.uniquepretzels.com/