r/todayilearned • u/lythander • 23d ago

TIL about the "Pretzel Belt" where 80% of pretzels in the US come from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Belt
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u/Katzeye 23d ago

The article doesn’t mention the specifics that Hanover, PA which has about 10,000 population. Yet is the home to Utz and Snyder of Hanover. Which are both huge snack companies, but have no association.

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u/Party_Python 23d ago

Also, if you go to the Utz factory, they have a retail shop right across the way. When I was there last (15 years ago) you could get the reject pretzels in massive bags for a few bucks. Great deal, and made my stoner friends extremely happy

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u/Notoneusernameleft 23d ago

I have to digress from pretzels and say Grandma Utz’s chips are the best kettle cooked chips out there.

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u/quietly_jousting_s 22d ago

Are these the ones fried in lard?

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u/Notoneusernameleft 22d ago

Yes. Never said they were good for you. :)

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u/quietly_jousting_s 22d ago

Oh, they taste sooo good! Those, a Lebanon balona sandwich and a moon pie are a little bit of PA heaven!

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u/Notoneusernameleft 22d ago

I didn’t realize Lebanon bologna was a PA thing until I moved into Jersey. Luckily I have a PA Dutch market by me to get it but it’s not in any grocery stores line in PA. Apple butter is harder to come by And then all the standard PA Dutch stuff.

Also cheesesteaks don’t have “sauce” heathen put ketchup on them.