Burger pretzel
The burger pretzel is a more than 200 year old specialty from Burg an der Wupper (now part of Solingen ). The pretzel is not a pretzel , but is made from a sweet dough. It has been a nationally known souvenir since the former old ducal residence Schloss Burg was used for tourism . In the 19th century the baked goods were sold by Kiepenkerle with a Kiepe , a wooden container or container made of twigs that is carried on the back.
Since burger pretzels are rather dry pastries that are more reminiscent of a sweet rusk, they are often dipped ("zopped") in coffee before consumption. According to local tradition, the recipe comes from a wounded French soldier who was nursed back to health by the Hösterey family of bakers in 1795. In gratitude, he passed the pretzel recipe on to the family. Burger pretzels are also part of the Bergische coffee table .
The pretzel knot of the burger pretzel is looped four or five times by hand, so that the production of the pastry is comparatively complex. The burger pretzel is still made by some bakers today and sold in the excursion restaurants in Oberburg and Unterburg. Often tied with a ribbon, it can be hung around the neck and carried home. It also serves as a symbolic pastry on festive occasions, such as school enrollment. The importance of the burger cultural asset is reflected in the pretzel baker's monument erected in 1989. The 18-kilometer circular hiking trail around the village is named after the Backwerk Pretzel Trail .
In May 2010, the international organization for the preservation of traditional foods, Slow Food, included the pretzel in its ark of taste and has since been committed to the preservation and marketing of burger pretzels under the motto “Protect by using”.
literature
- Alfred Lauer, Werner Lappe: Burger pretzels and the Bergisch coffee table. RGA-Buchverlag, Remscheid 1995, ISBN 3-923495-38-2
- Andrea Jungbluth-Zehnpfennig: Invitation to the Bergisch coffee table. Drinking coffee “with everything dröm on draan”. Gaasterland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-935873-35-2 (gift and giveaway book with many recipes and stories)
Web links
- Burger Brezel working group ( Memento from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry into the Ark of Taste at Slow Food
- Recipe burger pretzel (PDF; 219 kB) In: Heimathäppchen . West German Broadcasting Cologne . 2018.
- Film about the production of the burger pretzel
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b On the trail of the burger pretzel . Solinger Tageblatt . July 14, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ↑ The burger pretzel - a cultural asset worth preserving . Burger Pretzel working group. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ↑ Burger pretzel . Slow Food Germany. Retrieved December 11, 2016.