When a bagel is not a bagel

debodun

debodun

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I get so riled when I see what the local store is selling as "bagels". They are just baked bread rounds. True bagels have to be boiled in salted water, then baked. That way they get a chewy texture and shiny outsides. Even worse - when they offer cheese bagels. That's a bread round with about 10 pieces of shredded cheese baked on the top - not throughout the pastry. They have no cheese flavor at all. I contacted the main office about this and their only explanation is: "We do not have the space or the resources to boil bagels."

Well, okay, fine. Just don't call them bagels.
 

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Talking of when a word is not a word... I hate the media use of the word ''like or likes''...

EG... The king attended an event along with the Likes of musicians Brian May, Paul McCartney, Elton John , Cher....

well is it me?.. I'm expecting lookalikes..or even waxworks figures to have been at this event...

Either they were the real McCoy in which case they weren't ''likes''.. or they were similar
 
hollydolly said:
Talking of when a word is not a word... I hate the media use of the word ''like or likes''...

EG... The king attended an event along with the Likes of musicians Brian May, Paul McCartney, Elton John , Cher....

well is it me?.. I'm expecting lookalikes..or even waxworks figures to have been at this event...

Either they were the real McCoy in which case they weren't ''likes''.. or they were similar
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As far as how l take it, using the words "the likes of" is meant more as a negative.
 
OK, you gave me a challenge as my last try on bagels has been a while. My pretzels and pretzel knots are fine considering that my origin in Augsburg. Give me a couple of weeks and I may have a recipe to share. In the mean time - there is Wonder Bread! Duck!!!!
 
I don't like when stores pass off phony stuff as the real thing either. Don't have the space or resources to boil water? You can do that with a camp stove man!
 
If l say it's a bagel then it's a bagel. I'm not about to hop on a plane to NYC to get a real bagel.

New York Cityis considered the birthplace of the bagel and the place where the best bagels are made in the United States:
 
I'm not mincing my way into a trendy bagel boutique to pay their prices... assuming they haven't run out of everything but a few dried out hard-rock random kinds at the bottoms of the bins.

The more I read here the less I wonder why so many people are broke: narcissistic consumption.
 
dilettante said:
I'm not mincing my way into a trendy bagel boutique to pay their prices... assuming they haven't run out of everything but a few dried out hard-rock random kinds at the bottoms of the bins.

The more I read here the less I wonder why so many people are broke: narcissistic consumption.
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There's a solution to that. Stop reading here.
Although it might be interesting to watch you mincing into a bagel shop.
 
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dilettante said:
I'm not mincing my way into a trendy bagel boutique to pay their prices... assuming they haven't run out of everything but a few dried out hard-rock random kinds at the bottoms of the bins.

The more I read here the less I wonder why so many people are broke: narcissistic consumption.
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That is ok. You can call me A narcissistic consumed as long as I get to eat your bagle.
 


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