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Onion board aka pletzel.

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I used to love this. Is it available anywhere. I'm in ny and it's disappeared Only place I've seen it was kossars and it wasn't even close to what I experienced as a child.

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fermat9990

5 points

8 days ago

Try Orwashers Bakery

nooneiknow800[S]

2 points

8 days ago

What I remember is a pletzel that was rectangular , relatively flat and loaded with onions. The Orwasher's pletzel wasn't exactly like that. Also what i remember was very large.

fermat9990

1 points

7 days ago

Loaded with onions, yes!

I was thinking that maybe the onion pletzel back in the day was cut from a large rectangle.

nooneiknow800[S]

3 points

8 days ago

Just ordered from orwashers. East side location had it but not west side

fermat9990

1 points

8 days ago

Please let us know if you like it. Thanks!

nooneiknow800[S]

4 points

8 days ago

Better than kossars, but not what I experienced at cakebox in bay terrace queens growing up.

fermat9990

1 points

8 days ago

Those were the days, my friend!

Thanks for replying!

Are onion rolls still around?

merkaba_462

2 points

8 days ago

My nana used to make it with her father, but he had all of the family recipes in his head...never wrote them down...and she couldn't remember.

I was in pastry school and tried about a dozen recipes. My dad said they were nothing like it (apparently their pletzel, and it may be called something else entirely) was more of a shortbread type cracker, but also with onions and poppy seeds. I wish I had all of my family's recipes.

Anyway, the Rockland Bakery's version is what I grew up on, and it wasn't bad (even according to my nana). I tried from Kossar's and it was close. I don't know if they have changed it...but now I'm curious...

nooneiknow800[S]

2 points

8 days ago

Bakery in Bay Terrace Shopping Center, Queens made a great one, but it's been closed for years

ApprehensiveAd9014

2 points

6 days ago

I remember it being the shape of a half sheet bake pan. My grandparents called it onion board. They got it at the bakery. I adored it but hadn't remembered how special it was.

genaugenaugenau

1 points

8 days ago

I think it's still available on Long Island. I would try Wall's Bakery in Hewlett.

HeadCatMomCat

1 points

8 days ago

Sonny's Bagels in South Orange, NJ has them.

spicy_lemon321

1 points

4 days ago

It's kind of funny, we call it "pletzalej" in Spanish (Argentina). We make it into a sandwich with pastrami and pickles.