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A pretzel is a bread pastry of Medieval European origin (some accounts say Italian or French[1][2][3]) that has the shape of a three looped knot or twisted braid. Pretzels are either soft or hard. Hard pretzels have evolved into a variety of shapes from knotted loops to straight "pretzel sticks" (called Salzstangen in German, Ropi in Hungarian). The pretzel dough is made from wheat flour, water, sugar, and yeast, sprinkled with coarse salt. Pretzels are typically glazed with lye and salted. [4] Pretzels can be found in a variety of shapes and sizes. Traditional soft pretzels are about the size of a hand. Most hard pretzels are only 2&_160;millimetres (0.079&_160;in) thick. Hard pretzels which are approximately 1&_160;centimetre (0.39&_160;in) thick are called Bavarian pretzels. Sources give different information for the time and place of the pretzel's origin. The History of Science and Technology, by Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans, claims that in 610 A.D. "...an Italian monk invents pretzels as a reward to children who learn their prayers. He calls the strips of baked dough, folded to resemble arms crossing the chest, 'pretiola' ("little rewards")". However, no source is cited to back up these details. Documentation shows that pretzel shaped pastries were used in the bakery emblems of bakers guilds in Southern Germany since 1111.[5] In the 12th century, Hortus deliciarum from the southwest German Alsace (today France) may contain the earliest depiction of a pretzel. In the 16th century, the German tradition of eating pretzels during Good Friday dinner is introduced. It is said that the shape of the pretzel is like that of praying hands.[6] Within the Catholic church, pretzels are regarded as having religious significance for both ingredients and shape. Pretzels made with a simple recipe using only flour and water could be eaten during Lent, when European Christians were forbidden to eat eggs, lard, or dairy products like milk and butter. As time passed, pretzels became associated with both Lent and Easter. Pretzels were hidden on Easter morning just like eggs are hidden today and are particularly associated with Lent, fasting, and prayers before Easter.[7] The classic pretzel's three-hole shape begins to take form. The three holes represent the Christian trinity of "Father, Son and Holy Spirit," and pretzels are thought to bring luck, prosperity, and spiritual wholeness. The wedding phrase "tying the knot" got its start when a pretzel was used to tie the knot between two prominent families. The pretzel's loops stood for everlasting love. In 1609, Johannes Kepler states that "[if] one puts all of this information together in one bundle, and at the same time believes that the sun truly moves across the Zodiac over the space of a year, as Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe believed, then it is necessary to concede that the circuits of the three above planets through ethereal space are, as it were, a complex of several movements, that they are actually twisted; not like piled-up cord, with coils in a sequential order, but rather in the image of a lenten bread, as the following diagram shows..." (panis quadragesimalis or lenten bread is a pretzel).[8]
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1. Health Benefits of Yoga
November 16, 2009
Yoga is well known as a great full body workout and a way to manage stress. These same benefits apply when teens do yoga. As well, there are a myriad of other ways in which yoga helps alleviate many of the concerns specific to the chaotic world in which teens live.
Many people have an impression of yoga that it is a way for extremely flexible people to tie themselves up into a pretzel shape that looks to be both incredibly uncomfortable and impossible for the average person, let alone an older person not used to physical activity. However, the reality is that it is not only the practitio... (read more)
Author: tim james
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2. Get Your Life Together With Yoga
October 21, 2009
After a surge of interest during the consciousness-conscious '60s, yoga began to fall out of favor. Exercisers apparently lost patience with the activity, which offers slow but steady results, and turned to the fast pace and quick shape-up of aerobics. Now yoga is back-less mystical than in the past, less reminiscent of gurus in pretzel positions, and more attractive than ever to people who are interested in working out rather than working toward some spiritual goal.
Once you step out of the metaphysical atmosphere, yoga is a great stretch and flexibility program. Yoga is increasingly be... (read more)
Author: Collin Harvey
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3. How To Make Homemade Soft Pretzels
July 21, 2009
Just like most people, I enjoy a good soft pretzel from time to time. However, I hate paying $3.00 for one at my local mall or area sporting event, when I can make a great tasting one at home.
This recipe was given to me by an Amish woman that I had gotten to know back in the late 1980's. The Amish here in South Central Pennsylvania, are great pretzel makers. This recipe will make 28-30 pretzels, so I recommend freezing the ones you won't be eating that day.
Pretzel Making Tips
1. You can buy kosher coarse salt at most grocery stores. 2. Follow the recipe closely and in the or... (read more)
Author: Shelly Hill
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4. Blow and Go Helps You Style Your Hair Faster and Easier
June 23, 2009
Blow and Go is yet another As Seen on TV hair product. There’s so many of them these days it’s hard to keep track! If you hate contorting yourself into a pretzel every time you style your hair, this hair dryer stand might be for you. It’s basically helps you cut down time on drying and styling your hair since you can do both in one step. Here are the pros and cons to help you decide if it’s right for you. It’s basically a portable hair dryer stand with a goose neck and a suction cup base. All you do is find a clean, smooth surface then push the base against it until it sticks and lock it... (read more)
Author: Theresa Kruger
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5. History Of The Pretzel
May 12, 2009
As with all foods, there is a history to be traced, a beginning and an evolution. So it is with the pretzel. Where did the pretzel originate and how has it changed?
History or tales of the pretzel state that as early as 610AD at a monastery somewhere in Southern France or Northern Italy, monks used scraps of dough and formed them into strips to represent a child's arms folded in prayer. The three empty holes represented the Christian Trinity. The monks offered the warm, doughy bribe to children who had memorized their Bible verses and prayers. The monks called it a Pretiola, Latin for li... (read more)
Author: Robert Bell
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6. Flowers From the Heart
December 09, 2008
Ever wanted to make the girl of your dreams smile? Well there are many ways on how to do that, and one of them is giving them some flowers. Giving a flower or a bouquet of flowers to a very special friend of yours is a good way of saying to them that you like them.
Saying stuffs like “I like you” or “I love you” to someone you’re courting are the kind of words that really gets your tongue tied like a pretzel. When this kind of thing happens, the best way to express it is through your actions. Did you know that majority of the women can detect or feel what a guy want from them through th... (read more)
Author: Christine Layug
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7. Yoga: Yoga for Modern City Life - Yoga is now a Lifestyle
October 30, 2008
Is it any surprise models are wrapping their wrists in mala beads, fashion designers are heading off to India for yoga retreats and there's a new line of active wear that takes its name from the Sanskrit mantra om.
To the uninitiated, yoga is pretzel-like poses and a dim memory of the Beatles visiting the Maharishi in the 1960s.
Gurmukh Kaur, the Center for Living's white-turbaned founder, travels by limo -- in a blaze of camera strobes -- with one of her students, singer Courtney Love.
What she does is kundalini yoga, Ms. Love told a reporter covering the bash for fashion-bibl... (read more)
Author: Nicholas Tan
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8. Yoga: Work - Life Balance and Yoga
October 25, 2008
After a surge of interest during the consciousness-conscious '60s, yoga began to fall out of favor. Exercisers apparently lost patience with the activity, which offers slow but steady results, and turned to the fast pace and quick shape-up of aerobics. Now yoga is back-less mystical than in the past, less reminiscent of gurus in pretzel positions, and more attractive than ever to people who are interested in working out rather than working toward some spiritual goal.
Once you step out of the metaphysical atmosphere, yoga is a great stretch and flexibility program. Yoga is increasingly be... (read more)
Author: Nicholas Tan
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9. How Stereo Total Are Continuing To Make Great Music
January 23, 2008
Stereo Total or what? Stereo Total is a Berlin-based band comprising of a French-German duo. Brezel ('pretzel') Göring (aka Friedrich von Finsterwalde, born Friedrich Ziegler) and Françoise Cactus (born Françoise Van Hove) are the two members of this band. Formerly, other members formed part of this band. This includes Angie Reed, Iznogood (Iznogoud is the character of a French comic book series by Jean Tabary and René Goscinny), Lesley Campbell and San Reimo. Stereo Total's music is in fact a very different one from the rest. It entails a mixture of Synth-Pop, Electronica, New Wave, pop musi... (read more)
Author: Peter Gitundu
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10. Yoga is now a Lifestyle
September 18, 2006
Is substantial any surprise models are wrapping their wrists in mala beads, fashion designers are heading off to India for yoga retreats and there's a new line of active wear that takes its name from the Sanskrit mantra om. To the uninitiated, yoga is pretzel - corresponding poses and a dim mind's eye of the Beatles visiting the Maharishi in the 1960s. Gurmukh Kaur, the Bull's eye for Breathing's white - turbaned founder, travels by limo - - in a affectation of camera strobes - - with one of her students, singer Courtney Love. What she does is kundalini yoga, Ms. Delight told a ... (read more)
Author: Chih Zhao
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