Meaning of brezel | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of pretzel.

form-of, rare

Examples

“To the same end, old women tottered through the crowd, bowed down under the weight of heavy baskets of salted brezels and hazelnuts, which met ready sale.”

“The Welcome Party on Tuesday, August 14, with free wine, beer, and brezels, and the Come-Together Party on Sunday evening with free beer, have been accepted very well.”

“You can choose between Nut and Almond Cookies, Spicy Slices and Almond Meringue Pyramids, or if your appetite is a bit larger, Ricotta and Apple Pasties with Brazil nuts, and Wheat Dumplings with Mozzarella filling. Then there’s something Christmassy with Cinnamon Stars, Honey Brezels and Spekulatius.”

“In Germany, brezels have for centuries been a common snack food for eating with beer. A brezel is made from a thin roll of bread dough which is bent into a U-shape, the arms twisted together and then folded over to make two loops (as of the arms of a child in prayer, and for this reason they were often given to children as a reward.)”

“Relishing every moment, ‘Chips’ [Henry Channon] described the Göring party as ‘fantastic’, with ‘roundabouts, cafés with beer and champagne, peasants dancing and “schuplattling”,^([sic]) vast women carrying brezels and beer, a ship, a beerhouse, crowds of gay, laughing people'.”

“The oven had to be free from smells before it could be commissioned to bake bread, bread buns, brezels and even meat.”

“Patisserie tray / For rolls, brezels and small pastries.”

“When we flew back to Jakarta from Germany our cases were full: black bread, brezels, cheese of various degrees of pungency, charcuterie, schnaps, books – they were all there.”

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