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The facility where the shaping and baking goes down for Milwaukee Pretzel Company, and one of its soft marvels.
Pretzel, Meet Mustard
In our most pungent Office Taste Test ever, our staff took on the condiment that defines everything from a hot dog to a Cuban sandwich.
In this month of sloshy Oktoberfest beer steins, dirndls and casing-wrapped meat, we mustn’t forget about mustard – a gewürz, as pretzel-chewing Germans call a seasoning or condiment. We tasked our editorial staff with finding the unsurpassed in an informal judging of six Wisconsin-made mustards. The tangy, pungent and, in some cases, sweet notes were best sampled with the Bavarian accompaniment of soft, chewy pretzels, procured from the terrific Riverwest-based Milwaukee Pretzel Company.
