Year of the Pretzel Bun???

Please tell me what the hell is up with every (exaggeration) food joint employing it's own pretzel bun. Sonic, Wendy's, Chillis, Ruby Tuesdays, etc. It's Un-American.

Can't we go back to the olden days where buns were the only constant in burger and hot dog preperation? They done started to confuse me with this new fangled variety

Its like a pile of poo and shit merged and made a super shitty pile of poo.

This is the first I've heard of it. How does that even work. Is it, like, crunchy? How do you even fucking eat that?

@markwahlberg: It's a soft pretzel shaped into a roll, essentially. I had a hamburger on one last night. It was pretty great.

I've been kind of wondering this myself. It seems like all of a sudden everyone is doing this. I wonder what started it.

It's threads like this that remind me you Americans have a far-reaching and fantastical world of fast food that I will never know.

Its also good if u toast it and have it with butter, kinda like a bagel

Well, Pretzel bun hot dogs have been all the rage for a few years before this Pretzel hamburger bun came about.

I had that wendys pretzel burger at the location across from my college.

It was, let's say, sub-par.

Yes, I don't know what happened in America that this is currently a thing, but there have been so many pretzel bun foods released in the last few months. I have yet to partake... I had a pretzel bagel not long ago, it was salty.

I tried the Wendy's pretzel bun burger a few weeks ago, and I wasn't impressed. I definitely didn't see any reason to pay a premium to get it instead of a more traditional bun.

I don't have an opinion one way or the other.

Wendy's buns are well shaped.

Need to give these a try because I love me a soft pretzel.

Dunkin Donuts has a pretzel roll sandwich also.

and the deep dish pizza, tons of places are acting like that's a new thing too.

So deep.

Only regular or big buns for me thank you.

i thought the wendys pretzle burger was worse then a regular burger and it cost more

I have not seen it, but it sounds kind of awesome.

I haven't had the fast food incarnations released recently but I remember trying a pretzel bun for the first time at a local pub in Chicago 2 years ago and it was god damn heavenly. Love me a pretzel bun.

Dunkin Donuts does this shit too.

Whatever happened to The Year of the Bow?

I thought the one at Wendy's was pretty good. Or at least in keeping with the standards set by previous Wendy's hamburgers.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with pretzel buns. They are amazing, and I hope they continue to be a staple in terrible-for-you-but-so-tasty fast food.

I've thoroughly enjoyed Wendy's pretzel burger both times I've had it.

@gamer_152: Dude idk where you live but man...FAST FOOD IS INSANE HERE!

While my second try of the Wendy's pretzel burger wasn't as fantastic as the first was, I do recall being blown away by how delicious the burger was for a fast food item. It tasted like a burger I would order in a low end restaurant like Chili's or Red Robin. And that's pretty high praise for a fast food burger.

Yeah, girl's got it goin' on;D

(sorry, I could not resist)

This thread suffers from a tragic lack of Pretzel Bun pics!

@deadlydog said:

I live in the UK. We have like McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell (in more limited quantities than you guys), Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's, and that's basically it.

@gamer_152 said:

Same here. Except for pizza. I would never trade the pizza culture in Sweden for the US. Theirs is not bad, just.. it lacks variety I've found in a way most fast food lack variety here. At least when I was over there like 10 years ago.

Only had the Sonic pretzel dog thing so far, but it fucking sucked. Too thick/hard and not a whole lot of pretzel taste to it. Maybe I just got a couple of "bad ones" or something, but I'm not tempted to try again.

Let me say, I love me some pretzel buns....unfortunately I got that quarter pounder pretzel bun thing from Wendy's and it was floating in a bed of grease...it made the entire sandwich disgusting.

Anyone else have a similar experience? Also wtf happened to their fries? They're floppy and wet now! They used to be crispy and good!

Taste-wise I have no preference nor can I really tell the difference between a pretzel bun and a regular bun.

But eating any fast-food other than mass quantities of fried chicken is ridiculous

Popeyes Nation.

@spraynardtatum said:

Wendy's fries were originally floppy and wet, then they improved them and they were crispier. I haven't been there in awhile, so maybe they went back to their original crappy recipe.

@zeik: They switched to the "sea-salt" recipe which are supposed to be healthier. Makes me wonder about all the grease and wet floppiness.

Wienerschnitzel has been doing this for years. Pretzel buns are fucking awesome if they aren't old and get nice and soft from the heat.

I remember being pissed when Wienerschnitzel stopped doing pretzel buns a couple of years ago and then happy when they brought it back.

@naru_joe93: I have a feeling it has to do with discount pretzel-bun mix and fast food corporations killing two birds with one stone.

You're Un-American

I'm pretty down with the Wendy's pretzel burger.

Eh, i dont mind em, i like ham and honey mustard on them with a slice of swiss.

Those Sonic pretzel dogs look all kinds of barf-worthy.

As long as there isn't a ciabatta bun revival, I don't care. Fuck ciabatta!

The Wendy's in Canada have a limited time Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger. I had one. It tasted fine but it felt so weird.

Is Swedish pizza actually good quality pizza or is it more that they'll just put whatever the fuck you want (or don't want) on a pizza, like Japan seems to do?

@bbalpert: Both. Well, depending on where you get your pizza and your definition of a good quality pizza. We don't really have pizza franchises (well, ok, we have imported Pizza Hut, but in the wild..) so the quality of the pizza can differ not only from town to town but from place to place. But yes, we're quite free-for-all when it comes to toppings. Especially with the advent of online orders where you can easily pick and choose your toppings and go completely off the charts of sanity.

Sheetz has the Pretzel Melts. They've had them for a while now, and they have a good bit of different sandwiches that they make specifically with them.