Brezels: German Off The Beaten Track



Brezels.......the snack nutrient of Germany


In Heidelberg every bit a invitee of Heidelberg Marketing,  I had the pleasance of spending a 24-hour interval amongst expat Charlotte Frey.  As nosotros toured the former town to regain solo friendly activities in addition to restaurants she shared many unique, historic facts almost Heidelberg. 


Brezels are sold everywhere
Pretzels are a staple on air flights, pretzels are offered inwards bars in addition to large, 'soft' pretzels are institute inwards nutrient courts in addition to at festivals in addition to fairs.   


Brezels in Deutschland select a long history in addition to are ever introduce inwards daily life inwards Heidelberg.    As nosotros walked around the Cathedral where vendors may select had the same stalls for hundreds of years, Ms Frey showed me carvings inwards the rock that resemble pretzels.

In Deutschland these are BREZELS and select an economical history every bit good every bit a gastronomic one.   



The carvings denoted the size criterion of the brezel that was to live sold. 




Some of the carvings were much smaller than others.   When the harvest was misfortunate the standardize brezel size was smaller!





Large quantities of brezels were inwards offered inwards every bake store that nosotros passed. Apparently brezels are never made at domicile but purchased daily.  They select no preservatives in addition to kicking the bucket real difficult overnight.  I sampled dissimilar styles on offering to hit upward one's heed if at that spot was whatsoever divergence inwards sense of savor betwixt the traditional pretzel style, long, 'fat' bezels or the sparse variety.   I institute no difference.
Photo from Wikipedia



Brezels are sold inwards every bakery inwards dissimilar sizes in addition to shapes.  I wanted to sense of savor several to come across if they tasted different.  However, I intend they are oftentimes sold inwards 3's because every bit I tried to explicate I wanted 1 of eat, the busy bakery sales clerk was real annoyed, but complied amongst my request.  They tasted the same.  

I did a figurer search in addition to fifty-fifty asked the helpful miss at the tourist portion if at that spot were whatsoever breazel bakeries I could visit.   When I locomote institute one, the place was across the river in addition to I had a view to the castle planned.  Next fourth dimension I volition travail to larn to brand brezels. 




Bezels are High German snack food.  You ever select staff of life amongst beer.   There is no fatty inwards a Brezel or preservatives.  Charlotte told me "I can't imagine life without a bretzel"!




Thanks to the non bad resources online, you lot regain a great history on pretzels!
Here are a few facts almost High German brezels:

There is a religious connecter to the history of the bretze:
"Pretzels select long been integrated into the Christian faith. By the 16th century, it had kicking the bucket tradition to swallow pretzels on Good Fri inwards Germany, in addition to Catholics in 1 trial considered them the “official nutrient of lent.” Earlier laws of the Church stated that alone 1 repast a 24-hour interval was to live eaten during lent in addition to the nutrient couldn’t come upward from an animal."

Pretzels are set into a lye or baking pulverization solution!
"Before baking, the formed pretzel is dunked briefly inwards a mixture of sodium hydroxide in addition to water. In High German this mixture is called Natronlauge. This is what gives the pretzel its unique color in addition to flavor. Because of this technique, this type of pretzel is too called a Laugenbrezel."http://germanfoodguide.com/pretzel.cfm

"Pretzels today hold to live formed yesteryear paw as has been done throughout history. Bakers pass years perfecting the pretzel-forming technique. First, the dough needs to live rolled out. Both ends of the strand are held up, in addition to through a quick swing, the centre of the strand is twisted. The ends are therefore pressed onto the torso of the pretzel"  http://germanfoodguide.co
m/pretzel.cfm

250 yr former Brezel institute in in Regensburg
"Carbon dating showed the pastries were made betwixt 1700 in addition to 1800. Indeed, the archaeologists institute written testify that inwards 1753 a bakery named Johann Georg Held was living at the site."
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/worlds-oldest-pretzel-found-in-germany-150313.htm

The most pop pretzel is the therefore called Laugenbretzel. It consists out of flour, malt, salt, yeast in addition to water.
Before baking, the formed pretzel is dunked briefly (just or therefore seconds) inwards a mixture of sodium hydroxide in addition to H2O (ph 13-14).  It helps to convey almost the brownish color that volition occur during the baking process. In High German this mixture is called Natronlauge
http://mybestgermanrecipes.com/german-pretzels/

What other snack foods are pop inwards other countries?

Next nosotros visited the oldest chocolate store!



Historic Highlights of Germany:off the beaten path, made my tour of 8 High German cities possible.  The opinions are my own.

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