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Today is National Pretzel Day, Go Eat a Pretzel

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"The person who invented salt on bread is my hero." Jim Gaffigan on Twitter

Yup, it is time for one of the big, soft salty pretzels that leave you feeling like you ate a bellyful of lead. But, oh they are so good, with a beer, or a favorite mustard cheese dip, or some bratwurst, or all three.

Sounds like an oxymoron, but it is German cuisine.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pre...hUKEwjW9eCm-9faAhWIY98KHTagDYMQ_AUoAXoECAAQAw

or make your own:

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2017/04/24/easy-homemade-soft-pretzels/

Wishing you all, GOOD EATING. :2wave:
 
Occasionally, I’ll get one of Aunt Annie’s pretzels, good if they are just fresh out of the oven.
 
I'll pass.

I've always disliked pretzels and since I started having to control my salt intake, eating pretzels is simply out of the question.
 
The insidious pretzel lobby started this.
 

Oh, nein, you didn't!!!

German cuisine is the marriage of potato, onion, and bacon, as well as tube shaped smoked meats. In other words, it boils life down to the only things that matter, and elevates them to a level all other nations only WISH they could achieve. Why do you think fancy food was invented in the first place? To outdo German cuisine. Which has never, ever happened. Plus, they invented beer. Yes they did. Everything before were only failed attempts.

The only moron, oxy or otherwise, is you for even suggesting at anything to the contrary.


:lol:

Happy Pretzel Day, OFG...
 
Mycroft said:
I'll pass.

I've always disliked pretzels and since I started having to control my salt intake, eating pretzels is simply out of the question.
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There are salt free pretzels. And you can make your own, flavored with ginger, garlic, herbs, whatever you might like.

Now, unless you are particularly salt sensitive, meaning your doctor just didn't say "your blood pressure is up, cut the salt," recent studies show cardiac issues are far more likely among those with insufficient salt intake than those with excess salt intake. On the other hand, salt helps you retain fluids. If you have an arrhythmia problem, retaining fluids is not what you want. However, edema, which can be caused by circulatory or kidney problems may have nothing to do with salt intake, or it may caused by circulatory, arrhythmia or kidney malfunctions. No one really knows if the chicken came first.
 

I am under doctor's orders that limit me to 2000 mg's of salt daily, however, I am advised to shoot for 1500 mg's daily to have a bit of leeway. This is a result of congestive heart failure. Retaining fluids is what got me into this shape.

One of my favorite sites tells me that one small soft pretzel is 870 mg. That's over half my daily allowance. A medium or large would blow it for the day.

https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/food/pretzels/sodium

But hey...I got myself into this mess. I have to deal with it...and I do. That's why I'm still alive 2 1/2 years later. (well, a bunch of pills help, too)
 

:rofl

Potatoes are a new world food. Fancy food in the west was invented by the Austro Hungarian Empire, and that include most so-called French haute cuisine dishes. The ancient Egyptians drank beer. There's evidence of neolithic beer parties, prehistoric Oktoberfests.

Best seafood and fish dishes I ever enjoyed were at Suerken's, a lower Manhattan German oyster bar, seafood and fish restaurant on Reade St. I am among the many former patrons still in mourning of its closure. Bay scallops poached in melted butter with a touch of sweet paprika, divine with a chewable bock beer on tap, or two.

And a Happy Pretzel Day to you too.

BTW, you forgot to mention sauerbraten, schnitzel, spaetzle, Knödel, venison or wild boar slow roasted with juniper berries, sauerkraut, pumpernickel, Kutzelberry juice, Rieslings, Sachertorte with Schlag and other goodies.
 

Ran into a similar problem 29 years ago. Still kicking. Was just treated for thyroid cancer. Still feeling the chemo effects. My cardiologist suggested I increase my salt intake by 1000mg daily. He's on the cardiology boards at Columbia/Cornell, and Rockefeller University.

Like I said, not all pretzels are salt pretzels. Tho I have to keep the carbs down usually. Deviation from planned diets prevent destroying those diets. All things in moderation. Portion control is the most important aspect of a quality diet. That and booze.

When I first met my cardiologist he suggested I retire, forego coffee, among other foods and beverages. I kept working until I retired almost two years ago, and kept drinking coffee. Now he recommends his patients continue working and drink coffee. I can't believe what he eats when we dine out together. And then the SOB smokes a cigar after dinner. Cheap stinky stogies.
 

Ok, well, other than the shameless and deplorable lies of the first paragraph, I think we can be friends...well, at least be in the same room together and partake in said pretzels without killing each other or have the whole thing deteriorate into name calling. Aw, heck, who am I kidding, two people in a room together sharing pretzels always ends in friendship, it's inevitable.

Would you believe some fake news spreading miserable bastard actually implied that pretzels were invented by the Italians??? HA! That's a laugh.
 

That is a laugh, is he part Russian?

About those neolithic beer parties, how do you think the legendary image of a caveman with a club in one hand, and woman being dragged by her hair in the other hand developed?
 
Pretzel sticks,Pepsi and a Humphrey Bogart or Edward G Robinson movie and you got it made.
 
humbolt said:
It is, but let me tell you, I just spent the day at the chipmunk races, and there's something really funny going on there, too.
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Hortense in the third for place, count me in for a sawbuck.
 
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