{"id":3048,"date":"2018-02-19T13:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2022-11-09T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T22:16:41","slug":"julius-sturgis-pretzels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=3048","title":{"rendered":"Julius Sturgis Pretzels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lunch of Fish &#8216;n Chips at Bull&#8217;s Head Public House, a real style English pub we walked on down Main Street to the Julius Sturgis pretzel Bakery.\u00a0 While no longer an active bakery it is the site of the first commercial pretzel bakery dating back to 1861.\u00a0 Tours allow visitors to understand the history and to actually\u00a0get a hands-on lesson in pretzel twisting.\u00a0 Of course there is a gift shop and an opportunity to purchase pretzels.\u00a0 Tom Sturgis Pretzels company in nearby Shillington, PA continues the family tradition.\u00a0 This area of Pennsylvania is home to many pretzel companies.\u00a0 The first annual Pretzel Fest was held last September in Reading and features a great number of bakers.\u00a0 We were there!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3049\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/18pretzel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3049\" data-attachment-id=\"3049\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=3049\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/18pretzel.jpg?fit=2943%2C2180\" data-orig-size=\"2943,2180\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519048474&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Julius Sturgis Pretzels\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;18pretzel &#8211; 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