Ran across one of those traditions that you like to hear about!
Pretzels were a food for the Lenten season – a time of fasting and abstaining. Even today, some European countries reserve the making of pretzels for the Lenten season. They are formed in such a way that they remind us of praying. In the early centuries the posture of prayer was one of crossing the arms on the chest – much like the shape of a pretzel.
So, pretzels it is! Our next trip I’ll put them on the seat beside me. And as I munch, maybe my wife will be praying – for my driving!!