{"id":24239,"date":"2020-09-03T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=24239"},"modified":"2020-09-03T12:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:45:23","slug":"wendys-pretzel-burger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=24239","title":{"rendered":"Wendys Pretzel Burger Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Wendys Pretzel Burger Review<\/h2>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been in a Wendy&#8217;s in years, but their new offering, the <a href=\"https:\/\/order.wendys.com\/product\/31151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pretzel Pub Bacon Cheeseburger<\/a>\u00a0caught my eye. I like bacon. And cheese. And pretzels. How bad can it be?<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;official&#8221; ingredient list: Fresh, never-frozen beef, warm beer cheese sauce, Applewood smoked bacon, smoky honey mustard, crispy fried onions, pickles, and a slice of muenster cheese all on an extra soft pretzel bun.<\/p>\n<p>When I am trying something to write about, I always order it like they intended it. Then I deconstruct, try each of the ingredients, see how they stack up to the hype.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s the deal.\u00a0 The original &#8220;pretzel roll&#8221;\u00a0 a German product called &#8220;LAUGENBROETCHEN&#8221; is a delight.\u00a0 Soft, but &#8216;pretzely&#8217;, dusted with coarse salt.\u00a0 I used to by imported ones from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Deli\/Original-Bavarian-Sausage-Delicatessen-104035809663176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German deli in Portland, Oregon<\/a>.\u00a0 Wendy&#8217;s are an Americanized version, as are most pretzel rolls\/buns I have had in the US (they seem to be available everywhere now), soft, yet firm, right color, but American bakers seem to think sugar is a big ingredient, and I don&#8217;t care for that.<\/p>\n<p>While there are many pretzel roll bakers in the US, a Milwaukee company has had a lot of success in restaurants and grocers, <a href=\"https:\/\/pretzilla.com\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miller Baking<\/a> markets a collection of rolls called &#8220;Pretzillas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beef patty. Good enough for fast food. I only got the single.\u00a0 Are they supposed to be gray in color?<\/p>\n<p>There are so many wet ingredients on the sandwich if the onions were every &#8220;crispy fried&#8221; is was long before they hit the patty.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t, under any circumstances, like &#8216;honey-flavored&#8217; anything &#8211; be it mustard, butter, dairy spread, corn bread or whatever. Again, extra sugar shoved into a savory item?\u00a0 Not for me.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s bacon is thick cut, cooked to perfection and a delight in every bite. Good on the pickles, too, and I always like Muenster cheese, because it melts so well, and here it&#8217;s no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Warm beer cheese sauce was lost on me.\u00a0 Not really an identifiable taste or texture.<\/p>\n<p>Overall? I liked it.\u00a0 I might try to order it again, sans some of the disagreeable elements. I might.<\/p>\n<p>The combo was $7.89, $8.50 with tax.\u00a0 In these parts, you can get Wendy&#8217;s delivered via Doordash, Grubhub, and Postmates. Do people actually get fast food delivered?\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t that double (or more) the cost of the meal?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the photo up top is Wendy&#8217;s promotional photo.\u00a0 Pictures of my sandwich are below. How does it compare?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24235\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200903_111211-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wendys Pretzel Burger Review\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24236\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200903_111536-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Wendys Pretzel Burger Review\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wendys Pretzel Burger Review<\/p>\n<p>Wendys Pretzel Burger Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wendys Pretzel Burger Review I haven&#8217;t been in a Wendy&#8217;s in years, but their new offering, the Pretzel Pub Bacon Cheeseburger\u00a0caught my eye. I like bacon. And cheese. And pretzels. How bad can it be? The &#8220;official&#8221; ingredient list: Fresh, never-frozen beef, warm beer cheese sauce, Applewood smoked bacon, smoky honey mustard, crispy fried&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=24239\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wendys Pretzel Burger Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[1346,1874],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}