Contrary to common legend, it was not created in the shape of a stirrup to commemorate the victory of Poland’s King Jan Sobieski over the Ottoman Turks in 1683. It was actually invented much earlier in Kraków, Poland, as a competitor to the obwarzanek, a lean bread of wheat flour designed for Lent.
There was a tradition among many observant Jewish families to make them on Saturday evenings at the conclusion of the Sabbath. Due to Jewish Sabbath restrictions, they were not permitted to cook during the period of the Sabbath and, compared with other types of bread, it could be baked very quickly as soon as it ended.
The name orginates both from the similarities of the word to an old word meaning 'bow' and because traditionally they are not handmade perfectly circular but rather slightly stirrup-shaped.
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It's a bagel!
Is it a pretzel?
I say pretzel !!
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