Initial visits to the Amish market generally had the NJ Trio sitting patiently at Suzie Ann's Soft Pretzels, each of us eating our own soft pretzel until the parents were done buying food. The soft pretzels here wasn't as buttery as Auntie Ann's, thus making them a healthier alternative, even though only by a slim margin. The twist was always my favorite part of the pretzel. It wasn't as directly toasted as the rest of the pretzel, and biting into it always yielded a crunchy exterior with the soft and doughy twisted interior.
Like Auntie Ann's, Suzie Ann's featured a pretzel-twisting area separated by a glass partition, allowing customers to sit up and watch the ladies roll the dough, twirl it in the air, and always manage to knot it just the right way. You didn't see any instructions illustrated on the counter top, they could twist those pretzels with their eyes closed.
Initially, Suzie Ann's only offered pretzels, homemade lemonade, and fountain soda. But they soon started adding alternatives such has hand-dipped ice cream, milk shakes, and pretzel variants such as Parmesan & Garlic Pretzels, the Pretzel Dog, and even a Cheesesteak Log. For a kid who thought pretzels should only be pretzels, the thought of merging it with other things seemed ridiculous. It wasn't until they started offering a Pepperoni & Cheese Log did I open my mind to other ways of eating pretzels.
Imagine a slice of pretzel-crusted pepperoni pizza, rolled together perfectly and proportionally. Top it with some salt for the added flavor. Every bite always yielded an equal amount of pretzel, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and sauce. The pretzel's traditionally toasted exterior helped with the warm and gooey goodness of the cheese, pepperoni, and sauce within. It was like the Pizza and the Pretzel had a baby.
Still, nothing beats a good ole hand-spun soft pretzel. Especially when it comes free when you buy a milkshake!
- Sonic
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