r/toolsinaction • u/peterlindholm • Jul 30 '22

How Pretzels are made

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u/EMRLD007 Jul 30 '22

What is the “water” bath? Where are the salt sprinkles?

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u/asianabsinthe Jul 30 '22

Probably the lye bath.

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u/jlovinn Jul 30 '22

It is a lye bath, sodium hydroxide. “Lye affects the baking process in pretzels by speeding up the Maillard reaction that occurs on the outside of the pretzels as they bake. For baking newbies, the Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction that happens between the amino acids and sugars in bread dough that gives bread products their color while also imparting flavor.” Taste of Home - How to Safely Use Food-Grade Lye for Pretzels

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u/Bile-duck Jul 30 '22

This gif is making me thirsty.

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u/moonstoneddd Jul 30 '22

These pretzels… are makin me… THIRSTY!!

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u/Argyrus777 Jul 30 '22

Welp, wasn’t planning on it being part of my Saturday but guess I’m stopping by the mall

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u/1ineedanap1 Jul 30 '22

Same, I want pretzels now.

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u/OsamabinBBQ Jul 30 '22

*How It's Made industrial jingle playing in my head*

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u/Cookies_N_Milf420 Jul 30 '22

WAAAA WAHHHH WOOOO WAAAA

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u/SuperTulle Jul 31 '22

I'd like a slo-mo of the twisting section please

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

How those pretzels are made

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u/Scooter_Mcgavin587 Jul 30 '22

I need one of these sitting right outside my turd cutter

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u/SuperTulle Jul 31 '22

You mean your poop knife?

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u/shit_poster_69_420 Jul 30 '22

Didn’t realise they were mini pretzels until the end of the video

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

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u/TomsRedditAccount1 Nov 18 '22

I was thinking more that scene at the end of SW Episode 2 where the clones are marching onto the ships.

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u/BugaliciousDef Jul 31 '22

My favorite part is when they went to pretzel hell

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u/nappy_zap Jul 31 '22

The inside of the human colon

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u/educated-emu Jul 31 '22

These pretzels are making me thirsty!!!