In America, bread sticks are sticks of bread. They're basically pizza crusts cooked independently of the pizza. That is a saltine stick.
I learned that when Americans refer to breadsticks its not these
What in the hell?
you're telling me bri*ish people can't even bake crackers for themselves? they're farming it out to italy?
These always bring back extremely specific memories of office parties and New Years Eve celebrations in the 00s
Bread but in stick form. Kinda like those but thick and fluffier
I could immediately taste them again after seeing this image and my verdict is the same: icky
As a vehicle for dip delivery they're alright but otherwise yeah. Too crunch.
Edit: y'know I retract this statement. The shape and surface area to bland dry dough does not make them "alright" as a dip delivery vehicle.
Aren't those the things that they give teething babies? A teething rusk?
What is an American bread stick then? I'm imagining something horrible, probably with wrapped in processed meat and cheese or something
Oh I see, wonder bread dough covered in oil and burned dry herbs.
I showed the "bread sticks" to my partner who is from Calabria and she was offended.
These are much thinner than baguettes and have a much softer consistency. We call actual baguettes "baguettes" but typically they're mass produced, it's hard to find good baguettes here unless you make them yourself
its soft bread baked into a phallic shape and glazed in butter, often topped with herbs and spices, sometimes with cheese
You can find these kind of breadsticks all over in the US, but I have lived all over the country and finding a good one is incredibly rare. I don't even think most US Americans have ever had a truly good soft breadstick.
In true American fashion, it is quite a bit wider
i prefer the ones pictured to the typical american style breadstick, but to be fair the image that comes to mind is a doughy breadstick, something similar to Olive Garden fare, or a neighborhood pizza joint when I think ‘breadstick’
maybe its my american roots, maybe its me taking the word at literal face value. i dunno.
Olive Garden ain’t a real Italian joint, whoever makes their gravy has no idea what they’re doin
We have grissini here, but, yeah, you're more likely to get the ones made from pizza dough