100% toasted. The ONLY caveat to this is a bagel that is right out of the oven. Then, I enjoy it as is.
Alright, Serious Question of The Day: Do You Toast Your Bagel, Or Not?
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I toast everything, and even the best bagel gets that treatment. Cream cheese right from the fridge gets slightly warmed by the hot bagel, and does not run.
When I worked on Wall Street, a toasted bialy was my go-to, some times with butter, sometimes cream cheese. Otherwise, a toasted onion bagel, cream cheese and lox was a special treat.
When I worked on Wall Street, a toasted bialy was my go-to, some times with butter, sometimes cream cheese. Otherwise, a toasted onion bagel, cream cheese and lox was a special treat.
If it isn't 5 minutes old at the shop, you better toast it. But I don't toast bread usually, so you know what they say about glass houses.
Everything bagel, lightly toasted, then allowed to cool slightly and slathered with cream cheese!
When I buy fresh bagels from the bagel shop, I eat them not toasted the first day. Second day and after they get toasted.
My favorite way to eat a bagel is with cream cheese and smoked Sable on top. My second favorite is with cream cheese, sweet or red onion, tomato and smoked Salmon on top.
My favorite way to eat a bagel is with cream cheese and smoked Sable on top. My second favorite is with cream cheese, sweet or red onion, tomato and smoked Salmon on top.
Typo or intentional? Ha.
My kids eat the store bought bagels un-toasted with cream cheese, but I toast them, cream cheese, fried egg, and bacon between. Best is an “Everything” bagel.
But I did have a bagel in NY once. I ate it however they handed it to me and it was really good (I’m from Texas).
I once had a gf who had a connection in NYC that sent her frozen half cooked bagels. Then she’d toast them whole and it was as if they just came out of the oven. Delicious with cream cheese. Good lord I miss those bagels.
Non-toasted, lots of cream cheese.
Side note: It's hard to find a good bagel in New Orleans, Stein's being the only place that has them as far as I know. I solved the problem by making them myself. They turned out pretty good, link to pic if you're interested:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMz66tF64dQzhue4Jl_zAYhvo5HVYG5JWEdP0Wx
Side note: It's hard to find a good bagel in New Orleans, Stein's being the only place that has them as far as I know. I solved the problem by making them myself. They turned out pretty good, link to pic if you're interested:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMz66tF64dQzhue4Jl_zAYhvo5HVYG5JWEdP0Wx
In California, (maybe all over the US), we have Noah's bagels, and they are a marketing juggernaut. Every thing is cutesy and heaped with pretension. Lots of words that appear to be Yiddish, but which I think many are made up. Anyway, their bagels are not boiled, and are mediocre. YMMV. Anyone else tried their stuff?
Edit- 56 locations, all in California. Love to have Jesse's take on this.
Edit- 56 locations, all in California. Love to have Jesse's take on this.
Huh. Works on my end, I'll figure it out. Otherwise, Spoiler Alert: it's 8 everything bagels on a wire rack.
Yes, you have to boil them or else it's just round bread with a hole.
I added some dry malt extract to the boil that I had handy for brewing purposes.
Yes, you have to boil them or else it's just round bread with a hole.
I added some dry malt extract to the boil that I had handy for brewing purposes.- Status