Blessing on Baguette Krantz
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Question
What is the blessing for Pita Krantz or Baguette Krantz?
Answer
Pita Krantz, its blessing is "Borei Minei Mezonot" because it is crunchy, and it is typically eaten for enjoyment. However, if one establishes a meal on it, its blessing is "Hamotzi," and within a bread meal, one does not bless on it. Since it has the form of bread, but is crunchy.
And even though it is prepared almost as a complete bread, and only afterwards seasoned and baked to become crunchy, nevertheless, since it is made for enjoyment, its blessing is "Borei Minei Mezonot." It is not similar to toast, which is crunchy yet its blessing is "Hamotzi," because the toast was complete bread and does not lose its bread significance when baked again and becomes crunchy. (The Pita Krantz is not fried but baked, and if it were fried, since it never contains a kezayit, its blessing would be "Mezonot").
And even though it is prepared almost as a complete bread, and only afterwards seasoned and baked to become crunchy, nevertheless, since it is made for enjoyment, its blessing is "Borei Minei Mezonot." It is not similar to toast, which is crunchy yet its blessing is "Hamotzi," because the toast was complete bread and does not lose its bread significance when baked again and becomes crunchy. (The Pita Krantz is not fried but baked, and if it were fried, since it never contains a kezayit, its blessing would be "Mezonot").
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