Hot Pretzels

[DecoJuicer]

I just got done making some homemade hot pretzels. I think that I am going to enjoy a couple of them with a Hennepin, or maybe even my last Dortmunder Gold.

If they are any good, I post the recipe.

[gaelic]

Would like a good pretzel recipe.

[M.K. Jeeves]

Same here, maybe able to recycle some yeast in the process.

[CJ01]

How did they taste? Mmmmm hot pretzels, mustard, and beer.

[De Hooter]

Alton Brown just did a pretzel show on the food network. Recipe should be there under Good Eats or at the Good Eats Fan Page.

Decojuicer> did you use lye or a baking soda bath to give your soft pretzels that golden exterior??

[DecoJuicer]

I used the Alton Brown recipe on the food network website.

I used the one with the baking soda. I don't care how safe he says it is, I'm not soaking my food in lye.

[steveh]

Hopefully you started with the Dortmunder and pretzel to get the full experience!

CJ, I purchased a pretzel at the Hacker-Pschorr tent at Munich's Springfest some years back and asked for mustard packets -- the look I got was priceless, but Zenf und Brötzen just aren't the norm in Germany!

S.

[HogieWan]

There is a pretzel recipe in the recipe seciton of BeerSmith's website. I've made them a couple times and they were great. Last time, I wrapped them around hot dogs.

[CJ01]

Originally posted by steveh
Hopefully you started with the Dortmunder and pretzel to get the full experience!

CJ, I purchased a pretzel at the Hacker-Pschorr tent at Munich's Springfest some years back and asked for mustard packets -- the look I got was priceless, but Zenf und Brötzen just aren't the norm in Germany!

S.

I've been to Germany (Munich area) for business and we hit the beer gardens. Incredible pretzels and other food but I couldn't drink due to a medical condition!

I will get back there one day.

[steveh]

Originally posted by CJ01
...but I couldn't drink due to a medical condition!

Man -- that's hell on earth!!

S.

[CJ01]

Originally posted by steveh
Man -- that's hell on earth!!

S.

It was indeed hell not being able to drink over there but I did enjoy my stay. Germany is a very nice country (or at least it was in the mid 90s when I was there).

My native co-workers were impressed that I would eat sauerkraut, I guess most americans do not like it.

[De Hooter]

Originally posted by CJ01
My native co-workers were impressed that I would eat sauerkraut, I guess most americans do not like it.

Wow, 'kraut is a staple food for me. Admittedly my ancestry is German Irish, but I just can not fathom going to GErmany and NOT eating sauerkraut.

[bigben]

sour kraut is something that I have allways ate. but being 3/4 german and living in pa dutch country aids it also.

[steveh]

I'm a weinkraut or red cabbage fan myself. Sauerkraut has so many different recipes, sometimes it's a good one, other times...

S.

[DecoJuicer]

I can't even smell of saurkraut. Makes my stomach churn.

In fact, I despise most forms of cabbage. When I was a kid, I was forced to eat galumpkies(stuffed cabbages) once a week when I was growing up. When I got a job and a driver's license, I never ate it again. And being a good Polish boy, that is sacriledge.

[CJ01]

Originally posted by steveh
I'm a weinkraut or red cabbage fan myself. Sauerkraut has so many different recipes, sometimes it's a good one, other times...

S.

My inlaws put a ton of sugar in their kraut, yech. I still eat it but its not the way I like it.

And being a good Polish boy, that is sacriledge.

Indeed! Kraut and brauts cooked in beer with a nice craft beer is a slice of heaven to me.

My teenage son is polish/german and he hates sauerkraut. I always tell him he needs to get with his roots.

[HarkJohnny]

kraut with sausages and mashed potatoes couple times a month dinner for us. old german roots run deep here

[xtalman]

Originally posted by DecoJuicer

When I was a kid, I was forced to eat galumpkies(stuffed cabbages) once a week when I was growing up. When I got a job and a driver's license, I never ate it again. And being a good Polish boy, that is sacriledge.

Same thing different ending here, I loved my grandmother stuffed cabbage and I love saurkraut. My wife on the other hand, the beef and potatos up bringing just doesn't let her apperciate the finer things in life sometimes.:D As a kid we would just eat the kraut right out of the bottle/can as a snack.