Nungali Posted 7 hours ago No ! This is serious business ! Do you realize all pretzels used to be soft ? ! Thats the original and true pretzel . It wasnt until that upstart , Martin Luther like , Julius Sturgis ( an American , of course ) decided to intentionally bake hard pretzels and market them , thus splitting the holy symbol into two followings . This 'Church of England America Pretzel ' now has influence world wide ; Hard Pretzels: Account for approximately 57% to 76% of total market revenue. Soft Pretzels: Account for approximately 24% to 43% of total market revenue. Thus overthrowing the once true and only pretzel . Gosh ! They are nearly like a 'Communion wafer ' ! ... except you can make them at home . [ No, I have no idea what that is . ] 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 5 hours ago (edited) Lets not forget that are probably organic pretzels to be had somewhere that are baked with ancient sea salt on them; so watch out for those GMO ones with bleached salt that is minus natural trace elements! Btw, If I remember correctly Jesus had something to say about salt, and in his day most of it probably had its natural trace elements. Edited 5 hours ago by old3bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 4 hours ago 9 hours ago, Nungali said: Of course they are ... this is Abrahamic religions discussion forum It is apparently a Christian religious answer . I never made a good Christian as a little fellah ... apparently I asked too many questions and was encouraged to drop all that .... just 'be good' , plod along, dont cause trouble, no rocking the boat , and stop being interested in all that other stuff you want to know about ... and eventually : did Jonah say there's light at the end of the whales belly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S:C Posted 2 hours ago 4 hours ago, Nungali said: Do you realize all pretzels used to be soft ? ! Thats the original and true pretzel . It wasnt until that upstart , Martin Luther like , Julius Sturgis ( an American , of course ) decided to intentionally bake hard pretzels The question is, can you still call it a ‘pretzel’ if most of its substantial properties have been exchanged to others and only the resemblance of the form remains? Maybe we should differentiate between the traditional (Brezel, italian) and the consumerist/modern (Pretzel, American), to not have any misunderstandings come up? Words as empty vases. How can anyone ever be sure, the words and concepts sold to him/her/it in meaning and explanation are authentic / solid? If they aren’t? If you look at Edward Arthur Blair and ‘newspeak’ - in the modern world you might be sold something for something else entirely! Try religion, worldview or even concepts as love or enlightenment or death or spirits! So even if I here this is in the abrahamic section, just like other religions/worldviews, - at the basis of storytelling/fables/parables and myths, there is an interpretation of gnosis or perception of world/other/self. Just if there isn’t or it cannot be seen or felt anymore, - to me it’s fake. ?! What is your take on this? When do you realize the essence (and all hope) is lost and the path a dead end? … but then again, there’s people who point out to the sacred in the most profane, so there still might be hope for Jona, whales, reptiles & the like. merry christmas, everyone ✨ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites