Opinion: Most Bagels Are Round Bread, Slice Them Any Way You Like
When I first heard about bagelgate my initial thought was it was wrong to slice bagels like bread. Then I remembered a couple of points:
- Most bagels today aren’t bagels, they’re round bread with a hole. Authentic bagels spend days in a cooler, are then put in boiling water before being baked. These are commonly known as water bagels.
- I’ve been to events/meetings where the hosts included bread-sliced bread bagels. This is very convenient for groups.
At home we have a proper bagel slicer, but if I were buying a box to take to feed a crowd I’d certainly get them bread sliced!
Here are the results of the recent non-scientific Sunday Poll:
Q: Agree or disagree: Bagels should never be sliced like bread.
- Strongly agree: 2 [8%]
- Agree: 1 [4%]
- Somewhat agree: 2 [8%]
- Neither agree or disagree: 4 [16%]
- Somewhat disagree: 2 [8%]
- Disagree:5 [20%]
- Strongly disagree: 8 [32%]
- Unsure/No Answer: 1 [4%]
You can get water bagels in the St. Louis region, a couple of options include The Bagel Factory and Bridge Bread.
— Steve Patterson