Pennsylvania milestones Pretzel

philadelphia style soft pretzel



1800s
southern german , swiss german immigrants became known pennsylvania dutch introduced soft pretzels , pretzel bakery businesses.
1861
sturgis pretzel house in lititz, pennsylvania becomes first commercial hard pretzel bakery in united states.
1889
the anderson pretzel factory in lancaster, pennsylvania founded. today, calls world s largest, producing 65 tons of hard pretzels daily.
1935
the reading pretzel machinery company in reading, pennsylvania introduced first automatic hard pretzel twisting machine.
1963
the largest soft pretzel of time, weighing 40 pounds , measuring 5 feet across, baked joseph nacchio of federal pretzel baking company film s mad, mad, mad, mad world.
1978
the first machine-produced stamped cut soft pretzel innovated @ federal pretzel baking company.
1993
the first pretzel museum of soft pretzels opened in philadelphia. 7-minute film, demonstration of championship hand twisting @ 57 per minute , tasting highlights.
2003
pennsylvania governor ed rendell declares april 26 national pretzel day acknowledge importance of pretzel state s history , economy.




^ snyder s history of pretzels archived august 26, 2007, @ wayback machine.
^ anderson pretzel bakery . rambles.net. retrieved 2010-08-18. 
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