REGENSBURG, Germany, March 12 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in southern Germany announced the discovery of a 250-year-old pretzel dubbed "the oldest ever found." Silvia Codreanau-Windauer of the Bavarian State Bavarian Bureau for the Conservation of Historic Monuments said the pretzel was found alongside other baked goods including rolls and a croissant dough during an archaeological dig last summer in Regensburg. "It is an archaeological sensation," Read more [...]

Pretzels have long been a staple food in Austria and southern Germany (Bavaria is in south-eastern Germany). Recently, archaeologists have unearthed a fossilized pretzel dated back to the mid-to-late 18th century. Silvia Codreanau-Windauer from the Bavarian Bureau for the Conservation of Historic Monuments confirmed that, "this is definitely the oldest pretzel ever found." The specimen found is a burnt piece from a traditionally styled pretzel. It was found with the charred remains of a bread roll Read more [...]

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Next time you burn something past the point of it being edible, maybe just hold on to it and bury it in the yard. You could potentially be responsible for archaeologists finding the oldest bran muffin in a few hundred years. A similar story is how German archaeologists can now say they’ve possibly found the oldest pretzel in Europe. According to NBC News on March 12, while digging at a site in Bavaria, Germany, archaeologists have located some 250-year-old pretzel pieces.Silvia Codreanu-Windauer Read more [...]