[Sca-cooks] pretzels?

[Terry Decker]

The word pretzel is from Middle High German (11th to 15th Centuries).  The
bread itself is probably related to the cross-shaped Lenten breads made by
early Christians.  Take the monkish story with a large grain of salt.
Written documentation has been very elusive.

Bear

11:37:42 -0500 (CDT)
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>>Ah. Google search turns up 1440.
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>okay, cool.  that is visual evidence.  any written on when
>pretzels were introduced?  i have heard the story of the
>bread scraps/monk/praying hands/kiddie treat pretzels.
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>cailte