Monday, July 19, 2010

What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for "stirrup"?

Bagel :





"According to legend, the world's first bagel was produced in 1783 as a tribute to Jan Sobieski, King of Poland. The king, a renowned horseman, had just saved the people of Austria from an onslaught by Turkish invaders. In gratitude, a local baker shaped yeast dough into the shape of stirrup to honor him and called it the Austrian word for stirrup, "beugel"."





"Legend has it that the bagel originated in Vienna , Austria . The story goes that in 1683 a (probably) Jewish baker wanted to thank the king of Poland for protecting his countrymen from Turkish invaders and celebrate victory in the Battle of Vienna. In order to do this he made a special bread roll in the shape of a riding stirrup, known as a 'Steigb眉gel' in German."





http://www.haruth.com/bagel.html





"the bagel is supposedly related to the victorious final cavalry charge led by King John III Sobieski of Poland. Thus, the baked good was fashioned in the form of a stirrup (German: "Steigb眉gel", or the similar B眉gel-shaped horseshoe, or saddle, tales vary)."





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel#Histo...





"bagel : 1919, from Yiddish "beygl", from Middle High German "boug-" "ring", "bracelet," from Old High German "boug""





http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term...

What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for "stirrup"?
I think the German word is Steigbugel, but I could be wrong, so I have no idea.

iris

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