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Best Pretzels: Over 100 Bags Tested

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Feb 4th 2011 @ 5:00PM

Pretzel taste testPhoto: Elizabeth Hait, AOL


In one of Slashfood's biggest taste tests to date, we dive into the world of supermarket pretzels -- over 110 bags in all. You didn't realize there were that many varieties of pretzels? Neither did we. So to keep things simple, we decided to break up the taste test into 12 categories: sticks, extra-dark, honey wheat, multigrain, flavored, crisps, old fashioned, gluten-free, unsalted, rods, sourdough and traditional.

It didn't take long to conclude that pretzels are a very personal thing. Everyone has a favorite variety, shape and flavor -- and people like wildly different amounts of salt. So to level out the playing field, we invited employees from all over AOL to join in and vote for their favorites.

After the jump, find out how we voted and flip through our gallery to find out our favorites, as well as the brands we'd skip.
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Filed under: Taste Test

Rainbows and Revolutions: The San Francisco Chronicle in 60 Seconds

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by Naomi Shulman, Posted Dec 6th 2010 @ 12:00PM

rainbow cookiesPhoto: desertculinary, Flickr


  • Someday, San Franciscans will find it -- the rainbow connection. (But not at the local pastry shop, sadly.)
  • Forty years ago, a cultural revolution. Today, a cookie revolution?
  • One of these cookies is not like the others -- because it's actually a pretzel.
  • Marion Nestle reminds readers of the best way to eat healthfully. Hint: It's not a complicated process.
  • But back to cookies. Le Boulange store-bought cookie dough takes the cake (as it were).

Filed under: Newspapers, In Sixty Seconds

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Pretzel Bites - Feast Your Eyes

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by Nanette Maxim, Posted Apr 12th 2010 @ 10:00AM

pretzel bitesPhoto: fakeginger, Flickr

You're walking down the street with your stomach rumbling and your blood sugar plummeting, when suddenly, like an oasis in the desert, you spot the soft-pretzel guy under his umbrella, handing out chewy, salty, twisted dough. Saved from hunger by a pretzel... again.

But don't limit your pretzel intake as but a street snack: A few cooks have been inspired by chef Bobby Flay's soft-pretzel recipe (which he serves with queso poblano and mustard sauces) to take a step toward self-sufficient snackdom. Blogger fakeginger made hers bite-size and used a bread machine in lieu of hand-kneading the dough. You can also try a soft-pretzel recipe from Kitchen Daily.

So beloved is the Pennsylvania Dutch snack that there was once a museum in Philadelphia entirely devoted to the pretzel. In case you're curious, searches for a potato-chip museum came up blank.

Become a member of the Slashfood Flickr pool to get a shot of having your photos featured in Feast Your Eyes.

Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

The Spring Sustenance of YumSugar

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by Jose Ralat Maldonado, Posted Apr 8th 2010 @ 1:00PM

Photo:*clarity*, Flickr

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Filed under: On the Blogs

Snack Food Quiz

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Mar 3rd 2009 @ 6:49PM

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Snack Food Quiz

How many pounds of potato chips are consumed each year by Americans alone?

  • 5 billion
  • 2.7 billion
  • 900 million
  • 2 billion

In the UK potato chips are called:

  • Chips
  • Crisps
  • Crackers
  • Taters

The "Twinkie Defense" is when a defendant

  • Eats too many Twinkies and can't go to court
  • Claims that the effects of allergies, coffee, nicotine or sugar entered into the motives of the crime
  • Pleads insanity
  • Pleads the 5th Amendment

How did Proctor & Gamble choose the name Pringles for its potato chips?

  • John Pringle, the British founder of modern military medicine
  • Choosing the name from a telephone book
  • From the traditional Scottish name
  • Combining the first letters of the names of Proctor & Gambles' executives

In popcorn jargon, a popped kernel of corn is known as

  • Flake
  • Kernie
  • Knob
  • Bit

This country is NOT famous for its pretzels:

  • Germany
  • Switzerland
  • Czech Republic
  • United States

Where were tortilla chips invented?

  • Mexico City
  • Santiago
  • Bogota
  • Los Angeles

The Cheetos manufacturing process does not create even-sized pieces. The largest Cheeto, which is the size of a small lemon and weighs half an ounce resides on display in:

  • Paris, Texas
  • Harrisburg, Pa.
  • Algona, Iowa
  • Roswell, N.M.

What does Doritos mean in Spanish?

  • Golden crackers
  • Cheesy chips
  • Little bits of gold
  • Fire chips

Which American president introduced fried potatoes, which later became potato chips, to America?

  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson

Filed under: Quizzes

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