Alton Brown’s pretzel recipe is not bad. Compared to a genuine Philly soft pretzel, it is a bit different, but good in its own right. Traditionally, pretzels are first boiled in lye. This recipe uses baking soda. It works, but makes a slightly different flavor, and doesn’t quite do as good a job with the hard outer shell. But this looks good:
They taste pretty good too.
First Mr Completely, now Sebastian… maybe if Tam took up baking it would cheer her up too?
They look great!
They look absolutely delicious!
There’s a Filipino grocery store near where I live that sells lye. Let me know if you want me to pick up a bottle or 2 for you.
Lye? You didn’t get that info from the Brady bunch did you? Is this their latest campaign to demonize gun owners
“They’re feeding their children LYE, we have to take their guns away!”
OK, I did look, appears legit. I had no idea.
Looks good. Told you they rocked.
Damn, those look good. Now I have a taste for pretzels.
Ok, I’m putting you on the food roster….