Pet Peeve

[Chubbo]

One of my pet peeves is, our societies insistence on baking their products, especially soda crackers until they are burned dark brown.

I was viewing S&W's thread on accessory batteries, today, while having lunch, when I discovered that I was eating soda crackers that were not burned dark brown. Those unburned crackers were the first I've seen in years.

I'm not aware of when the trend started, for bakers worldwide, to bake their products especially their soda crackers until they are, dark brown. I became aware of the trend, while working in our small, home town bakery at 10 yrs of age, around 80 years ago.

I feel fully qualified to comment on the baking of soda crackers. During my electrical career, I supplied the electrical power to run Soda cracker lines, and also the controls to operate those lines, in a couple of commercial bakeries in Columbus, OH.

I realize that my pet peeve is a trivial thing to most folks, but never the less, it really gripes me. That's more than enough said, I'm shure.

Chubbo

 

[ameridaddy]

I'm with you. I love old fashioned Nabisco Saltine crackers with various cheeses or peanut butter, and every so often, get a box where all the crackers have their four corners toasted tan. NoNoNoNoNoNo! That ruins them. Same with cashews, which we buy regularly at Costco - every so often in the past few years, the whole jar is over-roasted, and they too are ruined for me taste-wise. You can spot them, as they are not a pale beige, but a very pronounced light tan. I've taken to sorting through the jars in the store looking for the lightest colored cashews.

 

[Rustyt1953]

There's a lot to be said for eating in the dark.

 

[Protocall_Design]

There's a lot to be said for eating in the dark.

Possibly other activities as well...

 

[Erich]

I clicked on this thread to see what your pet peeve was. I have to say, this was a pretty interesting one! Particularly given your history in the industry. Glad you're finding crackers that are better for you now.

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Got to agree with you Chubbo...burnt saltines and warm milk do not go well.


WuzzFuzz

 

[Sevens]

The only thing I'm reading here that surprises me is that I feel very genuinely that most crackers I end up with are on the opposite end of the spectrum and I much prefer them darker.

And across the board, I appreciate it most with oyster crackers. I want them allllllll darker, and I do not enjoy them on the lighter/whiter side.

I'm genuinely surprised here because I thought I was the only one who really cared about this. I see now that I'm not.

 

[Rustyt1953]

This is the official appetizer at all the chili parlors here in the tri state.

 

[Faulkner]

I always buy the extra toasty Chez-Its, I like 'em that way.

 

[Puller]

Hmmm, I've never heard the term "soda cracker" before, I had to google it. Must be a regional thing.

I like my Saltines brownish.

 

[cadmike]

What’s a soda cracker?
I know what an oyster cracker is.
And a saltine.
Soda who??

 

[Rustyt1953]

Folks have been calling them that since 1830.

Soda Cracker | Definition of Soda Cracker by Merriam-Webster

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I am good with crunchy and toasted.

 

[arjay]

Ritz and Brie...

 

[Deceasedeye]

Hmmm, I've never heard the term "soda cracker" before, I had to google it. Must be a regional thing.

I like my Saltines brownish.

Now that's funny right there! And I do mean (right there). Har Har Har!

 

[boykinlp]

I always by the extra toasty Chez-Its, I like 'em that way.

You beat me to it, Faulkner. I always buy the extra toasty Chez Its too. To me, their flavor is more intense. Kinda like the browned edges on casseroles, that many people like best. Brown is flavor, black is burnt.
Larry

 

[Onomea]

My dad was a Ritz cracker man. I prefer saltines myself, but, there it is.

(Happens in the best of families...)

 

[quikdraw67]

You can keep your crackers of various types.

Triscuits or go home.

Yeah.

 

[lihpster]

Triscuits aren't crackers, they're building materials.

 

[Rustyt1953]

This got me thinking. I remember times when dad, my brother and I would sit on the porch with a couple sleeves of saltines, a block of hard cheese and either summer sausage, pepperoni or baloney and wonder what the peasants were eating.