I wrote this last year on March 30, at the very end of Spring Training when it wasn’t of much use to anyone but the St. Lucie Mets faithful. So I’m reposting it now for anyone who’s in town for a Grapefruit League game or heading down this way for some hardxcore Spring Training action later this March. Here are the five best things to eat at Digital Domain Park. And I really can’t stress the pretzels enough. Try the pretzels:

5. Nathan’s Hot Dog nuggets: Nathan’s fans from the Northeast may know these already; my sister has long been a fan. They are essentially miniature, dippable corn dogs. All the glory of hot dogs battered in cornmeal and deep–fried, but without that pesky stick. They’re available down the left field line at Digital Domain Park. Maybe elsewhere too, but I’ve only seen them advertised there.

4. Deep fried Oreos: If you haven’t had a deep fried Oreo yet, you should. Not necessarily here in Port St. Lucie — though they’re plenty delicious here — anyplace they’re available. It’s almost impossible to imagine that a deep-fried Oreo could taste better than it sounds, but somehow it does. The cookie part of the Oreo softens up under the heat of the oil, so it’s like chocolate and sugar-stuffed fried dough. Oh, and then it’s topped with more sugar. They’re behind third base at Digital Domain, at a stand that serves deep-fried snickers and funnel-cake sticks as well.

3. Cheeseburger: I should be more specific: I mean the cheeseburger from the Ulti-Met Grill behind home plate. It’s not quite Shake Shack, but the real charcoal grill provides a beachy barbecue flavor that pairs well with the pace and climate of Grapefruit League baseball.

2. Hot pretzel: Crazy, right? There are fried Oreos in the park and I’m telling you the second-best thing is a hot pretzel, something you can get at any stadium in the country? Believe it. This is everything a ballpark pretzel could ever be. They are heated to order over hot charcoal, then salted if you so choose, then heated some more. These are not the lukewarm cardboard pretzels of Shea Stadium’s upper deck*. They are soft and piping hot, and they taste fresh. Also, the park offers both yellow and spicy brown mustard. I go with spicy brown, and I actually put a little ketchup on my pretzels as well. I’m weird like that.

1. Taco in a Helmet: Taco in a Helmet is a taco in a helmet.

*- Fun fact: Pretzels in the upper deck was the worst assignment — by far — for Shea Stadium vendors. They were terrible for commissions because they didn’t sell as well as beer, hot dogs, soda or cotton candy, and for some reason there was only one spot in the stadium that distributed pretzels: right behind home plate. For all other items there was a place on every level, but you had to haul pretzels from the field level to whatever level you were assigned. And that big silver pretzel-holder thing was a pain in the ass to get up to the upper deck. Often the assignment seemed like a punishment; the only times I ever got it were after I got caught wearing my hat backwards, which was a huge no-no in the eyes of Aramark.