Park Food

[warfelg]

We had a pretzel at BGW the other day and that thing had to of been in the warmer all day....it was hard as concrete.

Honestly.....that's the sign of a great soft pretzel. In a warmer like that, good soft pretzels should only last about 2-3 hours (tops) because they are still holding moisture. The outside should be cooked (put in boiling water) in some type of crisping agent (caustic flakes boiled in water is the best), and when baked (put in the oven) it should be done till just barely golden brown. If you cooked the pretzel right, after baking there will still be moisture in the dough with makes it soft. The downside is there isn't a great amount of shelf life. It why many places go for a bread based dough, because when cooked (baking soda) its not cooked in a crisping agent, and it's also baked much longer (baking in moisture) to have a longer shelf life.

To quote my credibility on this topic:
https://books.google.com/books?id=7...q=mumma's pretzel bakery lancaster pa&f=false

Take a look at the caption, the name of the guy behind the counter, and deduce from my username

 

[Thomas]

I dunno... I think we will have to check with @Pretzel Kaiser on this one.

 

[Zachary]

I always feel raped after eating at other regional parks.

I know you didn't mean to offend and it's certainly not a rules violation or anything, but seeing rape used hyperbolically in today's world is a bit jarring. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[WDWRLD]

The inside was dry and hard.

 

[warfelg]

Like I said, sitting under the heater too long.

Hard pretzels typically went through a “drier oven”. Lower temp, took about an hour. Basically evaporated all the moisture.

Oversimplifying things: real pretzels split, bead based don’t.

 

[WDWRLD]

Thats my point, they were old and should not have been sold. When I asked aparently they were all the same age.

 

[Thomas]

The employees or the pretzels?

 

[Ice]

They are notorious for letting the pretzels sit too long.

My advice, go early or go on a busy day.

 

[halfabee]

Take a look at the caption, the name of the guy behind the counter, and deduce from my username

Fellow resident of the unCommonwealth, eh?

I think it's time I made the 90-minute drive west for capital-P Pretzels. Lancaster is pretty much on the way to Hershey for me, and I owe my family a trip there, so...

 

[halfabee]

I know you didn't mean to offend and it's certainly not a rules violation or anything, but seeing rape used hyperbolically in today's world is a bit jarring. Just something to keep in mind.

Glad I wasn't the only one feeling that way.

 

[warfelg]

Fellow resident of the unCommonwealth, eh?

I think it's time I made the 90-minute drive west for capital-P Pretzels. Lancaster is pretty much on the way to Hershey for me, and I owe my family a trip there, so...

At one time for a while For the good ones stop in at Sturgis Pretzels in Lititz Pa. Same as we made them, and as a bonus you get to hang out in the Coolest Small Town in America.

 

[WDWRLD]

Those pretzels are delicious...the town is pretty cool too.

 

[Jesy]

Lititz is a really quaint little town. I always have to get my dad Shuey's pretzels when I'm in Lancaster.

 

[Celticdog]

During my most recent trip to WDW (June 2019), I found the food to be very inconsistent. The flatbread at Pinocchio's in Magic Kingdom was horrible. It was dry to point of being hard while also lacking toppings and flavor. It was not worth the $11. However, over at EPCOT the meal at the Liberty Inn was quite good. The BBQ Surprise Bowl was full of food, flavor and well worth the money. I think any park can have off days, but I feel a get a pretty good value at BG. I know to avoid O'taters and Festhaus during regular season. KD is never good and way overpriced, but that's why they have a low ticket price, because they make up their money in food and drink sales. Long live Trapper's!!!

 

[Red Drum]

I know you didn't mean to offend and it's certainly not a rules violation or anything, but seeing rape used hyperbolically in today's world is a bit jarring. Just something to keep in mind.

You do realize that the verb rape also bears the non-sexual definition of "to plunder, or abuse," right?

 

[Applesauce]

Yeah and gay meant happy at one point in time too. Words have definition changes. Just because you can use a word, doesn't mean you should. Using rape in this sense is not appropriate and has made several people uncomfortable. Not to mention it minimises the impact of the word when it actually needs to be used for cases of actual rape, and not just "I had really shit food."

 

[The Quist]

The word 'molest' can also mean to pester or harass but I certainly wouldn't use it in that context these days.

"The bill collector molested the children since their parents were not home at the time of his call." definitely sounds strange these days, doesn't it?

 

[Zachary]

You do realize that the verb rape also bears the non-sexual definition of "to plunder, or abuse," right?

Like I said, it's not a rules violation—I just thought you'd want to know that something you said was making a victim of sexual assault uncomfortable. If you don't care, that's up to you.

 

[WDWRLD]

I do not feel the use of the word in the context of this thread inappopriate.

 

[jonfin826]

I do not feel the use of the word in the context of this thread inappopriate.

I do.

Anyway, shouldn't we be talking about food?