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"  Remember when President George W. Bush (who was the sitting president at the time) choked on a pretzel? Well, according to the Washington Post, over a decade later the full story about the chocking incident is finally out \u2014 thanks to ex-White House chef John Moeller. Apparently Moeller, who was a sous chef at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for many years, brought the pretzels in as a snack during the Clinton administration, and the munchies were popular enough to stick around when Bush took up the top post. Until now, the brand of pretzel that caused GWB to lose his breath had not been revealed. Bush&amp;#039;s press secretary in 2002, Ari Fleischer, kept the name a secret, presumably trying to protect the originating bakery. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re not going to get us to cough it up,&amp;quot; he famously told the New York Times. But now we know the snack came from \u2014 drumroll please \u2014 Hammond Pretzel Bakery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Moeller grew up near that area, and that was how he discovered the tasty snack.  Case (that everyone had surely forgotten about) closed. Find more great food content on Delish:   Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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