2. Benefits of German lye bread.

3, The benefits of lye bread.

4, the bad side of lye bread.

1. Lye bread can balance the pH of the human body, favorable digestion and so on.

2. Lye bread is also called beer bread, Bavarian bread, beer knot and so on.

3. Pretzel in English.

4. Pretzel was born in the Bavarian region of Germany, and is very popular in German-speaking countries such as Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, like snacks and French fries, from adults to children, without exception.

5. Most importantly, Pretzel is the best partner of beer, not only can neutralize the acidity of beer, effectively regulating the pH balance of the human body, the stomach can play a good role in protecting.

6. Moreover, it is said that drinking beer with alkaline bread can be a great increase in alcohol, and the next day is not difficult to stomach acid.

7. The story of lye bread.

8. According to legend, the German lye bread Pretzel, originated in the Middle Ages, a baker in BadUrach, because of the crime was punished by the king to give death, and because of the previous his bread is really great, so was allowed to give him a chance to make up for it: to make a bread, there are crunchy and soft, and to be able to see three rays of sunshine, that will be pardoned hanging, and regain his freedom.

9. The baker is at his wit's end and turns to a fellow baker for help.

10. One of his friends crossed his arms and gave him the inspiration to create the lye bread. The thin part of the lye bread represents the crossed arms, which is relatively crispy after baking, and the thick part represents the head, which is relatively soft after baking, and there are three holes in the crossed part where you can see three rays of sunshine.

11. He rushed to make overnight, ready to bake when the ground slippery fall, the bread scattered all over the place, due to time constraints can not be re-produced, he had to pick up the bread from the ground in the water stains baking, the results of the baked bread crust brownish-red shiny, very attractive, the king tasted after a great joy, the baker was pardoned.

12. Afterwards, the baker learned that the ground water stains for cleaning staff to clean the ground alkaline water left, the error slipped and fell to create a classic product.

13. Later, the baker improved the alkaline water-soaked bread "head" on behalf of their own survival of a knife.

14. This cut also expresses the grace of the king's pardon, because the cut looks like him with a smile, showing white teeth, expressing his admiration for the king.

15. The story of the false alarm when the bread was baked and adorned with coarse grains of salt on top to represent the beads of sweat is praised by all and widely spread to this day.