Pretzels was [Sca-cooks] Happy Assumption

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Apocryphal, AFAIK.  Although pretzels appear in some 15th Century (and
> later) German woodcuts.  IIRC, you'll find one of them in Cindy Renfrow's
> collection of food illustrations.

They also appear in the border of one of the books of hours (but I can't
remember if it's Anne of Cleeves' or Catherine of Cleeves'!)

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