Larry..the history says that the original bagels come from Montreal...I
do'nt like the "varieties" of N York...worse are the falsification's from
the MacDonalds..
José
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From: "Larry" <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT not coffee or SUVs. - Bagels :-)>
> There's a big difference in quality of bagels especially in the US. In
trying them
> across the country, most of them are similar to packaged bagels such as
Lenders.
> Chewy & bland. None of them approach the bagels in NY and a few places in
LI - a
> couple written up by the NY Times for some odd reason such as Stuff N'
Bagels, &
> Bagel Boss. And it seems if you use the same technique elsewhere, they
just don't
> compare. Some have said its the water (Same phenomenon as NY pizza outside
of NY -
> its as horribly lousy as Dominoes). If they're not hand tossed, they
don't even
> count. (most are made by a bagel machine, even if "boiled" every day.)
>
> The oddest I've had were in Montreal in the Orthodox Jewish section. Two
places
> were supposed to have "the best bagels in canada". There were only a
couple of
> versions (NY places have about 20 varieties (Poppy, Sesame, Pumpernickel,
Onion,
> Egg/Onion, etc)
> and they tasted exactly like the hot pretzels you get from a vendor.
NOTHING like
> a bagel.
>
> So, like someone here said, most are not that good, but in a good NY
place, they
> are amazing and uncomparable.
>
> Larry
>
>
> Brian Swale wrote:
>
> > Hi folks
> >
> > During the last couple of years, a new phenomenon has hit the New
Zealand
> > market-place.
> >
> > Bagels.
> >
> > I've seen street-side signs saying "Bagels freshly boiled today" and
others.
> >
> > So this week I thought I'd try a packet of them. And I am totally
baffled
> > about their apparent popularity elsewhere in the world.
> >
> > I wonder what people do to make them edible.
> >
> > To me they are a moderately boring version of the old doughnut (also
totally
> > boring) and rather tough and excessively chewy as well. ( OK, my teeth
are
> > not up to hard work like they used to be).
> >
> > What do people ( 'murricans in particular ;-> ) do to them prior to
inserting
> > them in their mouths? What is the attraction?
> >
> > A curious and baffled mind would like to know.
> >
> > Brian (feeling rather curmudgeonly about bagels - and BTW, where's our
> > resident curmudgeon these days?)
> >
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