Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/147 - The Austrian Pretzel

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 * The Austrian Pretzel
 * Here is a twisted Vienna bread roll, known as a Pretzel.
 * The twist, like the curl in a pig's tail, is entirely for ornament.
 * The Wiener Pretzel, like some other things, is doomed to be cut up or broken, and the interest lies in the number of resultant pieces.


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 * Suppose you had the Pretzel depicted in the illustration lying on the table before you,
 * what is the greatest number of pieces into which you could cut it with a single straight cut of a knife?
 * In what direction would you make the cut?