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    [OC] The NorCal Dutch Crunch Anomaly
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    [OC] The NorCal Dutch Crunch Anomaly


    Normalized against total restaurant counts in a 7×7 mi grid search. Sure seems to be a NorCal thing (excluding some major sandwich lovers in Reno lol).

    I made this because I think it's super weird that other places don't have this absolutely delicious sandwich bread.

    Posted by HeyJonLeah

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    1. HeyJonLeah on

      Source: UCSD Google Local data (2021). 51.4 million reviews across 3.1 million US businesses.

      Tool: A Python script that parses the dataset to track “Dutch Crunch” or “Tiger Bread” mentions in reviews (normalized in a 7×7 mi grid search). The visualization was matplotlib and geopandas.

    2. unatnaes on

      San Jose native. It’s because that stuff tears up the roof of your mouth if it’s fresh. People here have been naturally selected for camel-palates by now.

      It’ll take a few generations for people to catch on and eat it upside down. 

    5. benscott81 on

      Huh, I moved to NorCal from the UK and just assumed Dutch Crunch was a nationwide thing. TIL otherwise, I guess.

    7. WhiteStar24 on

      What the fuck, I thought it was a normal thing everywhere. Dutch crunch is the best

    11. Kahzgul on

      You can thank Genoa’s delicatessen for that. Their Dutch crunch sandwiches are the stuff that dreams are made of.

    13. turb0_encapsulator on

      I had it for the first time last month at a place called Ghost Sando here in LA at Grand Central Market. I loved it.

    14. Anome69 on

      It’s all because of a single sandwich shop in half-moon Bay. It was a hardware store that sold sandwiches. But the sandwiches took over. Their bread is a closely guarded family secret.

    15. doubl3_hel1x on

      multigenerational norcal dweller here to say hello yeah and thank u

      its not really fall without getting the roof of my mouth hella torn up by a purple Dutch crunch sandwich from Ike’s (dripping in godfather sauce ofc)

    16. Tabs_555 on

      I moved out of norcal and haven’t seen it since.

      God I miss an Ike’s sandwich. Matt Cain on Dutch Crunch