everybody loves pretzels- crunchy, brown, salty heart-shaped snacks. They're handy to keep around for unexpected company or for munching in front of the TV. But did you know pretzels have been around for approximately thirteen hundred and ninety years? Somewhere on the border of northern Italy or southern France, pretzels were invented by an ambitious monk baking unleavened bread for the Christian Lent.
Possibly out of boredom, he made some little shapes with leftover bread dough.
Because Christians in those days prayed with their hands crossed over their chest, he tried shaping the dough to mimic the action. They were baked to a soft bread consistency and given as a treat to children that memorized their prayers. The monk named his new treat 'pretiola' - a Latin word meaning ' little reward'. These baked unleavened shapes were the soft pretzels we know today. From that humble beginning, the pretzels became famous across Europe. The pretzel's shape became a symbol of good luck and many believed the shape was also symbolic of long life and good health.
everybody loves pretzels- crunchy, brown, salty heart-shaped snacks. They're handy to keep around for unexpected company or for munching in front of the TV. But did you know pretzels have been around for approximately thirteen hundred and ninety years? Somewhere on the border of northern Italy or southern France, pretzels were invented by an ambitious monk baking unleavened bread for the Christian Lent.
Possibly out of boredom, he made some little shapes with leftover bread dough.
Because Christians in those days prayed with their hands crossed over their chest, he tried shaping the dough to mimic the action. They were baked to a soft bread consistency and given as a treat to children that memorized their prayers. The monk named his new treat 'pretiola' - a Latin word meaning ' little reward'. These baked unleavened shapes were the soft pretzels we know today. From that humble beginning, the pretzels became famous across Europe. The pretzel's shape became a symbol of good luck and many believed the shape was also symbolic of long life and good health.
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