Pretzel

Without a doubt, most of the inhabitants of our latitudes are well acquainted with such a type of bakery products as pretzel. In accordance with the terminology used in the food industry and baking, a pretzel or pretzel is a type of bakery product that is usually made from pastry. A distinctive feature of the pretzel can be considered an unusual shape of the finished bakery product.

Pretzels are baked in the shape of a figure of eight or a turn. Apparently, due to the unusual shape of these homemade buns, the word pretzel is called not only bakery products, as well as complex tricks or dance moves and pa. We all think we have used the winged expression "makes such pretzels stand out" more than once when we wanted to emphasize or enhance the impression of someone's unusual actions. The history of pretzel began several centuries ago.

It is believed that the first pretzel was baked by French monks who decided to give the bakery a high spiritual meaning. Hence the shape of the pillbox, which is similar either to 8 or to the letter V. Initially, the shape of the pretzel was a symbol of arms crossed for prayer. Apparently that is why for a long time the pretzel was associated with spiritual food for monks and believers. Italians dispute the French authorship of the pretzel and claim that it was in Italy that the first rolls were made.

Some researchers believe that the pretzel dates back to the time of ancient Rome and Greece, where the bun was considered a ritual offering to the gods. It is noteworthy that the pretzel really belongs to the old types of bakery products that began to be baked from about the 13th century. The documents contain records that the first pretzels began to be baked on the territory of the American continent in 1620.

It was in the XVII century that European colonizers began to actively develop the lands of the American continent, bringing their cultural and culinary traditions to the culture of the indigenous inhabitants. One of these traditions was the process of making pretzels. In Europe, pretzels have long been called bretzels or pretzels from pretiola, which literally means "hotel. " In Russia, pretzels have also been baked since time immemorial. Moreover, pretzels penetrated the Russian culinary tradition thanks to the Germans.

The word pretzel got its original name thanks to the German verb krengel, in translation it sounds like "twist. " Over time, the pretzel recipe was supplemented and changed. Even the original shape of the bakery product has undergone some changes. Nowadays, there is a huge species variety of pretzels, which differ not only in composition, but also in shape.

We can say that the most popular types of pretzels include brecel or German classic hard pretzel, as well as the well-known domestic sugar loaf and soft bun in the form of 8 or the letter B. In addition, small and salty pretzels taste especially popular. Surprisingly, the fact is that the process of making pretzels and nowadays takes a sufficient amount of time, and also requires certain knowledge and culinary skill.