Soft Pretzel Wash...???

Re:Soft Pretzel Wash...??? (gostillerz)

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:40:39 GMT

It's called a caustic bath, right? I think it's the same process for bagels, but not positive.

Re:Soft Pretzel Wash...??? (kaszeta)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:43:15 GMT

You don't need food grade lye, you can make it by baking baking soda in the oven.

(Wear gloves when doing this)

Re:Soft Pretzel Wash...??? (kozel)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:51:39 GMT

wheregreggeats.com

http://www.thefreshloaf.c...els-alton-brown-style#

Not an egg wash! Lye is used.

http://articles.latimes.c...a-fo-pretzels-20111020

http://mamasminutia.blogs...th-side-of-poison.html

Re:Soft Pretzel Wash...??? (wheregreggeats.com)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:00:29 GMT

http://www.thefreshloaf.c...els-alton-brown-style#

Soft Pretzel Wash...??? (BackRhodes)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:35:53 GMT

One of my first jobs in the 1960's was a pretzel delivery boy...using a 1946 Dodge (3 on the tree) I went from the bakery to the vending site (UC Berkeley campus)...the bakery (The Jabberwok) was a pizza parlor that was used until about 4PM...

The pretzels came in from Philly...we dipped them in some kind of wash, sprinkled salt, and baked them in the pizza ovens...
To this day I don't know what the wash was...someting in the back of my mind says it was some kind of alkaline, don't really know...'
Any ideas...???
Any soft pretzel recipes...???