{"id":7158,"date":"2016-10-31T21:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T21:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2017-12-08T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:06:13","slug":"the-oldest-brezel-ever-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-oldest-brezel-ever-found\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oldest Brezel Ever Found"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who doesn’t know them?\u00a0Brezel\u00a0<\/em>(pretzels) are known worldwide mostly as a Bavarian delicacy. The salty dough product is super popular throughout Germany.\u00a0As it turns out now, not only its taste is superb, but also its best before date… How old is that oldest pretzel? Read on to find out!<\/p>\n

\"Lecker!<\/a>

Lecker! (Image by Superscheeli at Flickr.com under license CC BY SA 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

Where does the word\u00a0Brezel\u00a0<\/em>even come from?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The word\u00a0Brezel\u00a0<\/em>is not a common German word, nor is it similar to any other particular German word. It actually originates from the Latin word\u00a0brachium.<\/em>\u00a0Through the years, this transformed into\u00a0brezzila\u00a0<\/em>and then\u00a0into\u00a0Brezel<\/em>.\u00a0The Latin word\u00a0brachium\u00a0<\/em>means “arm”: The ends of the\u00a0Brezel\u00a0<\/em>are crossed like arms. Makes sense!<\/p>\n

The oldest\u00a0Brezel\u00a0<\/em>in the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n