If you vote "Something stupid", please do not specify.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:21 am
by Sabo
I voted plain bagel with scallion cream cheese, but I'd get chive cream cheese instead.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:23 am
by mister d
Interchangeable. I'll amend the poll.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:24 am
by Jerloma
Asiago cheese with garden vegetable. GFY.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:27 am
by mister d
Mods, please delete.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:28 am
by Ryan
Sesame with spray butter ;)
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:43 am
by L-Jam3
Chives man. Grossly underused.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:44 am
by The Sybian
Why the hell would anyone get plain? If you don't like seeds, garlic or onion, at least get rye, or black russian or even wheat. The correct answer is everything or rye with lox spread. Or cinnamon raisin from time to time.
As a Jersey resident, you need to adapt to the classic Taylor ham, egg and cheese. I refuse to add ketchup or salt, but pepper is good.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:46 am
by mister d
Taylor ham gives me #diarrhea.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:52 am
by brian
Sesame. Very light butter.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:52 am
by tennbengal
cream cheese is gross.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:58 am
by Pruitt
Ham on a bagel is just wrong.
I'll take a hot crusty bagel with poppy seeds with butter.
Although peanut butter with banana is also a classic.
Lox and tomato also a winner.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:01 am
by mister d
Pruitt wrote:Ham on a bagel is just wrong.
Pruitt wrote:Although peanut butter with banana is also a classic.
Look at the balls on this one.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:04 am
by sancarlos
Just finished a tasty onion bagel, lightly toasted with cream cheese. Yum. So, I voted onion. But, truth be told, I like any and all kinds of bagels, except the cheese ones. I like cheese in general, but not in a bagel (except for the cream cheese you spread on top).
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:06 am
by Pruitt
mister d wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Ham on a bagel is just wrong.
Pruitt wrote:Although peanut butter with banana is also a classic.
Look at the balls on this one.
It was one of my mother's few good recipes.
In Toronto, there's a debate between those who like the bigger crustier bagels (I presume these would be called "New York style" south of the border, and the lighter, thinner Montreal style bagel.
I'll take the big bagels any day of the week.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:12 am
by mister d
There's a place in NYC (Black Seed) that gets a ton of hype (and counter hype) that does a NYC/Montreal hybrid. Haven't gotten to check it out yet, but my only experience w/ "real" Montreal style (somewhere just outside Burlington, VT) was legit. The worst, absolute worst, are the bad NYC ones that are big and soft on the outside. Just killers.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:21 am
by L-Jam3
Because I don't feel like using Google, does putting poutine on it make it a Montreal bagel?
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:24 am
by mister d
Someone (Rush) correct me, but they're smaller and crispier and seedier. And maybe use honey?
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:46 am
by Pruitt
mister d wrote:There's a place in NYC (Black Seed) that gets a ton of hype (and counter hype) that does a NYC/Montreal hybrid. Haven't gotten to check it out yet, but my only experience w/ "real" Montreal style (somewhere just outside Burlington, VT) was legit. The worst, absolute worst, are the bad NYC ones that are big and soft on the outside. Just killers.
We call those "goyische bagels"for obvious reasons.
My sister in DC swears she can't find a good bagel in the entire city. I find that strange considering Jews run the government.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:07 pm
by rass
Everything > Onion
Also, it pisses me off when I bring in nice fresh (still warm) bagels and people insist on toasting them anyway.
I have a number of co-workers from that area, so we have them a couple of times a year at meetings. They're my only reference, but they're pretty good.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:10 pm
by Rush2112
Montreal knows their smoked meat, their hockey, and their bagels.
I recently read a history of the Jewish deli in America and there was mention of bagels being imported from Montreal.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:34 pm
by mister d
rass wrote:Also, it pisses me off when I bring in nice fresh (still warm) bagels and people insist on toasting them anyway.
Fuck. I'd heard of it but never bothered to make the trek before.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:10 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Feel free to mock me...but I love a good salt bagel. With cream cheese.
My friend in Chicago who now runs the pizza/brewery used to have a chain of 5 bagel places. He taught me that the real secret to making bagels is that you have to do the full dunk in boiling water to get the good crunchy skin. Most places cut corners by just spraying hot water on them.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:09 pm
by Shirley
I voted the plain with chive, but I'd actually choose a poppy or sesame seed with plain cream cheese, normally. Although if it's a true breakfast option, lots of times I'll go with the cinnamon raisin with plain cream cheese. Great stuff.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:56 pm
by TT2.0
cinnamon raisin, toasted with butter. fuck you delaware
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:03 pm
by mister d
Missed you too, bud.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:56 pm
by Johnny Carwash
I went with the second option since it's the closest to my preference (plain with plain, sorry). At the most I'll have a sesame seed or onion one to mix it up, but beyond that, yeah, save your fancy styles for other shit.
I'm also in the camp that you should never toast a bagel (or 90% of bread products for that matter).
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:14 pm
by Moreta
tennbengal wrote:cream cheese is gross.
Truth.
I prefer plain or salt homemade bagels. I'll settle for a good cinnamon raisin if I'm buying one.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:26 pm
by The Sybian
If we are discussing Montreal bagels, I'm throwing in the bialy.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:40 pm
by Sabo
Johnny Carwash wrote:I'm also in the camp that you should never toast a bagel (or 90% of bread products for that matter).
You're insane.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:49 pm
by Pruitt
Sabo wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I'm also in the camp that you should never toast a bagel (or 90% of bread products for that matter).
You're insane.
Toasted rye bread is a gift from both the Gods of baking and the lords of fire.
A good bagel that's more than 12 hours old or so has already past its peak. It needs toasting.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:52 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Sabo wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I'm also in the camp that you should never toast a bagel (or 90% of bread products for that matter).
You're insane.
Things you should toast:
1. toast
2. english muffins
3. bread for a sandwich that specifically requires it (club, patty melt, etc.)
That's it. A decade or so ago sandwich shops decided toasted bread is inherently better, and now everything that should be on soft bread tastes like it's between two sheets of particle board. Our society needs some serious toast push-back.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:44 pm
by wlu_lax6
Pruitt wrote:
mister d wrote:There's a place in NYC (Black Seed) that gets a ton of hype (and counter hype) that does a NYC/Montreal hybrid. Haven't gotten to check it out yet, but my only experience w/ "real" Montreal style (somewhere just outside Burlington, VT) was legit. The worst, absolute worst, are the bad NYC ones that are big and soft on the outside. Just killers.
We call those "goyische bagels"for obvious reasons.
My sister in DC swears she can't find a good bagel in the entire city. I find that strange considering Jews run the government.
You sister is actually right. There is only one place with a good bagels that I have found. Brooklyn Bagels in Courthouse (Arlington)--right across from a solid soccer/rugby bar (Summers).
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:46 pm
by mister d
There might be another exception in there, but I'm with JC. Paninis are just a way of selling you bad and/or old bread.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:50 pm
by P.D.X.
What's a panini?
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:41 pm
by sancarlos
I like paninis. I like toast. I like sandwiches on toasted bread. Sometimes I don't toast a bagel, but any bagel (or bread) that isn't fresh is improved by toasting.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:12 pm
by bfj
Black Russian, cream cheese, lox, tomato, slice of Swiss. Second choice would be an onion bagel.
Cinnamon Raisin is disgusting. Eaten by children and goyim.
Toast any non fresh bagel. If you toast a fresh bagel in my presence, I will kick you in the leg.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:14 pm
by bfj
brian wrote:Sesame. Very light butter.
Try a Black Russian. Once you go black...
Re: Bagels
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:34 pm
by Pruitt
bfj wrote:Black Russian, cream cheese, lox, tomato, slice of Swiss. Second choice would be an onion bagel.
Cinnamon Raisin is disgusting. Eaten by children and goyim.
Toast any non fresh bagel. If you toast a fresh bagel in my presence, I will kick you in the leg.
I love you man!
My great grandfather and my wife's grandfather were bakers. As a result of this (and due to the happy fact that we are surrounded by fine bakeries), the following two items have never been in our bread drawer:
1) White Bread
2) Cinnamon Raisin bagels. That's the sort of thing they'd serve at McDonalds.
Re: Bagels
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:09 am
by rass
bfj wrote:Black Russian, cream cheese, lox, tomato, slice of Swiss. Second choice would be an onion bagel.
Cinnamon Raisin is disgusting. Eaten by children and goyim.
Toast any non fresh bagel. If you toast a fresh bagel in my presence, I will kick you in the leg.
I can't recall every agreeing with you more on anything ever.