For anyone who might be reading this for the first time you’d think “Pretzel Diving”, what the hell is that? Let me explain in a little more detail and I think you get our meaning.
History
There are numerous accounts on the origin of the looped pretzels, as well as the origin of the name; most agree that they have Christian backgrounds and were invented by monks. According to The History of Science and Technology, in 610 AD "...an Italian monk invents pretzels as a reward to children who learn their prayers. He calls the strips of baked dough, folded to resemble arms crossing the chest, 'pretiola' ("little rewards")".
Here United State around the 19th century, southern German and Swiss German immigrants introduced the pretzel to North America. The immigrants became known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, and in time, many handmade pretzel bakeries populated the central Pennsylvania countryside, and the pretzel's popularity spread.
The American Beer Festival (you see how this is tying together...pretzel, beer) is an organized event during which a variety of beers are available for tasting. Whilst a beer festival may involve a limited range of beer styles or manufacturers, with an emphasis on entertainment, use of the term "beer exhibition" places emphasis on sampling or tasting a wide range of beers, usually craft-brewed in a variety of different styles by various brewers.
If you haven’t seen pretzel necklaces before, they’re simply a piece of string with hard pretzels, soft pretzels, or any other hole-based snack hanging from your neck. Here’s where it gets really interesting. Lunch Gang members were standing around enjoying some find Michigan crafts beers, when OM yells out “I’m so hunger I just bit a few of those pretzel’s hanging around that lady’s neck” we all looked at him and Coach says “Pretzel Diving!” We busted out laughing and the conversation quickly went down hill from there.
The Michigan Brewers Guild put on one heck of a festival at the Eastern Market in downtown Detroit this year. Some of Michigan’s finest Craft Beer makers were present, and if you really love beer, you need to attend one of these events.
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| Left to Right: Coach, OM, Professor, and ManCave |
