New menu item at Dodger Stadium - "Victory Pretzel"

[Liberal_in_LA]

whatever happened to downsizing food? I thought businesses were moving towards helping Americans get healthy? I guess not :rofl:


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01347fc31672970c-pi

[MineralMan]

1. Uh...nobody's forcing anyone to eat that.

As far as I know, purchasing one of those is a completely voluntary act.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Yes, it's totally voluntary

[MineralMan]

3. Then what could possibly be the complaint about it?

[Posteritatis]

10. For now. The pretzeltroopers are just around the corner, though.

"Appetites, bitte?"

[MineralMan]

12. I was thinking more like a nice Bubbe, saying:

Ess...ess a bissel...

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. I'm damn glad I can get unhealthy food at a Dodger game.

Besides, that pretzel looks like it's in a pizza box and is meant for more than one person. I see no problem with it.

[MineralMan]

6. Damn right! A trip to the ball park always includes some

serious indigestion-provoking food. I normally consume a couple of hot dogs, some peanuts, and usually a bag of mini-donuts when I go, all washed down with a couple of beers. It would not be a real ball game without them.

Now, I wouldn't order that pretzel. It's too healthy-looking. Now, if they baked lots of pepperoni bits inside it, I could see trying it, but not just a big chunk of bread. No, thanks. I want some seriously sodium-nitrited, oversalted, heavily-garlic-laden ground pork scraps squeezed into a tubular shape with my bread.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. Dodger Stadium is super expensive. Your item list would cost $30 bucks or more

[MineralMan]

9. Same at the new Twins Stadium.

So what? I go to one live game a year. It's an event. I don't buy cheap seats, either.

Normally, I actually prefer listening to baseball on the radio. I hate watching it on television. Going to a game, though, is a great way to spend a nice afternoon, and the awful food is part of it.

New this year at the Twins Stadium is a quarter-pound hot dog. I may have just one of those, instead of two of the other dogs.

Play Ball!

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. 100% agreement on the hot dogs, peanuts, and beers. But three cups of processed cheese product

to go with that pretzel might be yummy. I could see sharing it with a couple friends.

It wouldn't be a Dodger game without at least a Dodger Dog, bag o' peanuts, and a 24oz beer.

[arcadian]

5. Bad idea

[MineralMan]

8. Food alternatives at Dodger Stadium, from the same blog:

"If hot dogs and beer cheese don’t sound like something you want to stomach for nine innings, three Health Plate carts serve healthier fare: spicy shrimp cocktail, fresh seasonal fruit salad, curried chicken lettuce wraps and sushi. "

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2010/04/dodger-stadium-new-menu-2010-season-giant-pretzel-beer-cheese-my-town-nights.html

You can see a number of photos at the link.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Someone could choke on that. nt

:evilgrin:

[theothersnippywshrub]

17. A more powerful pretzel may have done the job.

[Bluebear]

14. Hmm, what was it originally, a "French Pretzel"?

[Iggo]

15. I'll stick with health food.

[harry_pothead]

16. Boo to the dodgers.

[Gwendolyn]

18. That looks EXACTLY like the giganto poops my sister's bouvier leaves in his wake 2wice a day.

I've asked many people, and the answers are always so vague, so I still don't get why people are so enamored of those dried out bread things.

I'm with the people who want pepperoni and cheese oozing foodstuffs loaded with hot sauce, or maybe some meatball, greasy hot dog or philly steak dripping thing when they go to a sporting event. If you're gonna do it, do it right.

Thankfully, I hate organized sports so it isn't an issue.

[Motown_Johnny]

19. Honestly, it looks kinda good, But you could split it between 4 people