New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
SIX HUNDRED PRETZELs A MINUTE
THE BIG MILL UPTOWN THAT Is TO MAKE NEW
hYORK TIE CENTRE DE PRErzEI MAKING.

THE BIG MILL UPTOWN THAT rs TO MAKE NEW
sYoRK THE CENTRE OF PRETzEL MAKING.
New-York "a likely soon to wrest trC-a Philadelphia
the honor 1t haslong enjoyed OF being the greatest
protzeI producing city the country Pretzsls have
been made here for years by a dozen more shops,
but in a limited way, with hand-power employed.
This prevented the New-York firms from seriously
competing with the Philadelphia pretzel bakers. who
use machinery to large extent
Until recently the pretze despite its toohsome and
appetizng qualities found place in the high priced
barrooms, and was left almost entirely to the
German beer-shops aud the fruit stands. year ago
however, a small pretzel introduced by few
fashionable drinking resorts taking in measure with
them the place of the cracker. The substitution was
successful that. In this reduced TO the pretzel
became established barroom deli cacy. This caused
n great increase In tho demanl and Thi rd-ave.
baker is building big pretzel mill in East Seventy
ffth-st., which will be equipped with apparatus
capable of turning out 60J pretzels a minute The
mill will be running In few weeks and then Phlla-
delphia pretzcl bakers may well get down their
sackcotb and ashes for their glcry VIII have departed
from them.
It IS estimated that 200 900 pretzels devOured
in this city daily. 1870 00OO 900 year, costing the
eaOons aud stands $3.50 600 and the public
twice that While Philadelphia has been the
centre OF ths Industry. It has had for years for.
mida)s rlyo in Pottsvie. Penn. which Is celebrated
all the Eastern part Of this country tor irs
pretzes. There are halt dozen bakeries there that
work at nothing else and some of these have large
with this and other cities II IL said that this
obtained lie high reputation tor pretzels through
having them pedded all the trains passing through
there They offered fresh and crisp to the hungry
traveller. and IL not long before Pottsville
pretzes got reputation.
Where we're pretzsls first made This In n question
that has been almost hotly disputed az the birth
place OF Homer. The best claims to the honor OF
having originated them put forward by Toltz, a
little town Munich. in the Bavarian Tyrol the
o. which two gut prezes lied together with
a blue and white cord 1t il "A remarkable tact that
tho prctzcl l. popular IN this country than
the other side Of the Atlantic. Tourists often com
plain that they cannot got any in Germany. This Is
due to the fact that pretzes seldom sold with
beer in Germany. nor. a rule. at the tine cafes
patronized oy foreigners. Many people seem to think
that The is the best time tor pretzes This Is
mistake. They belong like the oyster 10 the cool
months. Their hirst-prOducing effects not needed
during the torrid term. and article OF diet they
a tT1fle heavy tor the summer. For this reason
they Stunned by tho wise while the mercury
renains elevated Pretzels require brisk. bot fire
in baking. and careful watching we'll, In order that
they may get right degree of crspness tor soiS
and doughy preti 81 Is an abomination.