OT: Bagel Biter

Oh heavens -- they have been around forever -- way more than ten years, I am sure. You should know that if there's a shortcut to be taken or easier way to do something mundane then someone this side of the pond will have invented something to handle the situation -- LOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

I remember that well!! It was aimed at me at some point; probably a few others, too.

Gill

I wish they had one that would slice the bagel into thirds! The bagels from the local bagel shop are so thick, even sliced in half they're too thick for the toaster, so I slice 'em in thirds - which is often a challenge.

Best bagel for me, without a doubt, is the "everything" bagel. What my mom in New Jersey calls a "garbage" bagel, LOL! What I don't like is "sweet" in my bagels. I can handle cinnamon and raisin, but chocolate chip is just *wrong*.

sue (good chocolate, like a good scotch, is only appropriate after noon...)

How right you are! Much as I love chocolate, I hate ANYTHING with chocolate chips in - except, maybe, cookies. (I won`t say biscuits because I know that they mean something totally different to many of you!!!).

Pat P

Good chocolate, like good scotch, should be enjoyed anytime. Have you thought of cutting the bagels into forths. Slice the bagel in two the old fashioned way, or if it fits in the bagel cutter, and then slice each half again. Sweet bagels are very big down south, not so much in the north.

George

Bagels come out great - might be something to look into.

My .02 worth - MelissaD

I love a toasted poppy seed bagel with olive and pimento cream cheese. I can only have these with the girls because my DH thinks it foul and has convinced the children of that as well. Someday they'll see just how good it is!

Cheryl

I like toasted onion and poppy seed bagels - does anyone have any tempting ideas for filling? I only have those and toasted cinnamon and raisin ones!

Pat P

I happen to like tuna fish salad those. Also the olive and pimento cream cheese. Lox spread. Almost any sandwich filling you like I suspect. Or a cheeseburger!

Cheryl

Here in the Great White North (which is actually finally beautifully green) one can procure a chocolate raspberry bagel. One of my secret indulgences. Dawne

Oh MY Dawne

My dear departed FIL, who came from a family that owned the only bakery in town in Poland, and was a baker in a kosher bakery in Brooklyn, NY for about

Having been brought up on bagels, I'm a purist and might allow poppy seeds, or onion or garlic, but sweets, never.

It doesn't sound bad, it's just not authentic. lol

Lucille

That's like saying you can't put onion in lefse. As long as it tastes good, I don't care!

Authentic, schmauthentic. Dawne, pass one of those chocolate raspberry ones over here.

Inquiring minds need to know. what's lefse?

ps-I don't care either. But, of course, I don't always follow needlework directions to the letter either. I even lick my floss, which I've been told over and over is a no no.

You make me want to jump in my car and head to Montreal. I could get and be first in line, there is always a line. Oh! have a lovely beagle right out of the oven. Sheena re you game. ?? A real bagle is hard to find these days, none east of Montreal in this country unless you make them yourself. A couple of stores here in Halifax import them from Montreal. And of course there is only ONE real bagel bakery in Montreal. Huge deep open front brick oven, long wooden paddles laden with bagels which have been plucked from boiling water slid into the oven where they are baked beside open coals. The texture, the taste, ah! heaven. Most bagels sold in shops are not even good imitations. Be adventurous ladies and make your own, well worth the work and you will never never eat those impostors again. Doen with the imposters, bring back the true, authentic bagel. Perhaps my grandson would enjoy helping me make some. He is two and a half. never to soon to get them interested in cooking Ruby

BEAGLE??? You cruel woman!

Pat P

Stitcher ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Sorry - chocolate and bagels missed me somehow. I don't care for either and it's no good anyone firing at me, I have donned the kevlar lol

DH believes bagels should be PLAIN, maybe some onion, but real bagels have no extras on the inside (raisins, chocolate chips, berries).

Now, I really want to go out for bagels, but that would mean I have to get dressed.

Cheryl