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I'm going to express what I know will be an unpopular opinion. PA snacks are terrible. Pretzels? The hell even are those things. Bologna wraps with cream chees

I'm going to express what I know will be an unpopular opinion. PA snacks are terrible. Pretzels? The hell even are those things. Bologna wraps with cream cheese? I see so much pride around what I consider to be C- student level snacking culture.

Isamu 5y ago
What about cookies? You can’t even have a proper wedding without a full cookie table.
stronglikedan 5y ago
Yeah, no, sorry, but pretzels are the best type of bread ever invented anywhere in any era. Even better than sliced.
- distances 5y ago
  Out of interest, are we talking German style pretzels? Or is there an American variety?
Galaxity 5y ago
I'm pretty sure people eat pretzels all over the western world. What makes that a Pennsylvania snack?
- vitus 5y ago
  They came over with the Pennsylvania Dutch (i.e. Deutsch -> German) immigrants. Most popular brands of pretzels in the US? Rold Gold (founded in Philly), Snyder's of Hanover (PA), Utz (Hanover, PA again). edit: of course all of those have nothing on soft pretzels.
  - RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
    These specifically are what I would call 'American' or Pennsylvania style' pretzels. They aren't food, they're poorly implemented landscape fill.
    - vitus 5y ago
      You're perfectly welcome to dislike hard pretzels. But that's no reason to dismiss the rest of the pretzels from the state (or country) -- in fact, the article explicitly calls out soft pretzels from PA (which similarly derive from the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage). It's a little like calling Oscar Mayer wieners "Chicago hot dogs" and dismissing all sausages in the US.
- RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
  I'm talking very specifically about Pennsylvanian/ American style grocery store pretzels. Rold Golds, Snyders, and the many many other atrocities masquerading as food on grocery store shelves. Dry, tasteless or ridiculously salty. Just a blank terrible tasting carb with no redeeming quality.
oh_sigh 5y ago
First of all, fresh pretzels are amazing. Secondly, what about the various tastycakes, stromboli, whoopie pies, funnel cake, water ice, peanut chews, pork roll, and tomato pies? I'm from near philly and never heard of anyone eating bologna with cream cheese. Even "Philadelphia cream cheese" is actually from NY.
- RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
  Bologna and creamcheese is literally in the article.
  - oh_sigh 5y ago
    Yes, and the article refers to it as "new and interesting ways" to eat bologna. I'm just saying I've never heard it done before. I don't even associate cream cheese as a philly cuisine as the article claims. Personally, my cream cheese consumption skyrocketed when I moved from the Philly region to NY because a good bagel needs a good schmear

Isamu 5y ago

What about cookies? You can’t even have a proper wedding without a full cookie table.

stronglikedan 5y ago

Yeah, no, sorry, but pretzels are the best type of bread ever invented anywhere in any era. Even better than sliced.

distances 5y ago
Out of interest, are we talking German style pretzels? Or is there an American variety?

Galaxity 5y ago

I'm pretty sure people eat pretzels all over the western world. What makes that a Pennsylvania snack?

vitus 5y ago
They came over with the Pennsylvania Dutch (i.e. Deutsch -> German) immigrants. Most popular brands of pretzels in the US? Rold Gold (founded in Philly), Snyder's of Hanover (PA), Utz (Hanover, PA again). edit: of course all of those have nothing on soft pretzels.
- RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
  These specifically are what I would call 'American' or Pennsylvania style' pretzels. They aren't food, they're poorly implemented landscape fill.
  - vitus 5y ago
    You're perfectly welcome to dislike hard pretzels. But that's no reason to dismiss the rest of the pretzels from the state (or country) -- in fact, the article explicitly calls out soft pretzels from PA (which similarly derive from the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage). It's a little like calling Oscar Mayer wieners "Chicago hot dogs" and dismissing all sausages in the US.
RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
I'm talking very specifically about Pennsylvanian/ American style grocery store pretzels. Rold Golds, Snyders, and the many many other atrocities masquerading as food on grocery store shelves. Dry, tasteless or ridiculously salty. Just a blank terrible tasting carb with no redeeming quality.

oh_sigh 5y ago

First of all, fresh pretzels are amazing. Secondly, what about the various tastycakes, stromboli, whoopie pies, funnel cake, water ice, peanut chews, pork roll, and tomato pies? I'm from near philly and never heard of anyone eating bologna with cream cheese. Even "Philadelphia cream cheese" is actually from NY.

RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
Bologna and creamcheese is literally in the article.
- oh_sigh 5y ago
  Yes, and the article refers to it as "new and interesting ways" to eat bologna. I'm just saying I've never heard it done before. I don't even associate cream cheese as a philly cuisine as the article claims. Personally, my cream cheese consumption skyrocketed when I moved from the Philly region to NY because a good bagel needs a good schmear