Every year at Brewfest, I'm surprised by the same piece of ingenuity. I should probably be less surprised since I see it every year, but it's because I only think about it after I get to Brewfest.

Pretzel necklace. Boom. You're walking around the Saratoga County Fairgrounds, you get hungry, there's food around your neck. The most genius ideas are the easiest.

Step 1. String. You're going to need something to hang pretzels from your neck, and you don't need to get too fancy. Sure, using garland instead will make you stand out, but that's gonna get itchy and scratchy, so I suggest going with regular string. It only needs to bear the weight of the real star here.

Step 2. Pretzels. This is pretty much why you got the string. Now I know fresh, hot, soft pretzels are delicious, but you're going to be wearing these against your naked flesh, and third-degree burns are the wrong kind of hot. I'm going to suggest a smaller variety of hard pretzels. This isn't a race, it's a marathon.

Step 3. Sharing. Don't even think about sharing. Those pretzels are a part of you now. Would you let someone eat your arm? The answer should be no. Let everyone else be envious of what you could tell them was an original idea.

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