Treats of Philadelphia

02/20/19 • 32 min

For Episode 20, Pretzel Podcast co-host Mitch Teich goes on location to Philadelphia, where he meets up with one of the show's biggest fans at Center City Pretzel. The bakery plays a huge role in the pretzel-loving lives of thousands of Philadelphians. Plus Mitch and Michelle try some hard pretzels purchased at Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market. And we hear a delicious pretzel memory from a woman who went to elementary school in South Philly.

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Slané Tyčinky and the Experimental Carnival Party

Following our New Year's break, the Pretzel Podcast is back with another trip to Europe, courtesy of Michelle's Aunt Linda. We try two brands of Slovakian pretzels and a German snack called "Gypsy Wheels" all direct from a Polish grocery store - plus some Polish pretzels brought back from a German Christmas market in Milwaukee. Also, Mitch relates his family's effort to make German New Year's Pretzels. And we use an online snacking calculator to figure out how many bags of snacks Michelle might need to feed an experimental carnival party, whatever that might be.

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Pretzels for God, Pretzels for Lent

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