Do you love bagels?

[Markbnj]

I envy you. I have never had a fresh east coast bagel before. I had one my dad bought that day and flew back and gave me, and it was still delicious, but never a fresh one.

It's a great day when you get to the bagel shop and find several batches 20 minutes out of the oven. You bring those things home, eat one or more, then immediately freeze the rest. Next day about a minute on defrost in the microwave and it's like they just baked it that day.

 

[clamum]

I definitely ain't a bread and bread-type-food fan, but yes, I love bagels (though they are required to have an absurd amount of cream cheese on them).

 

[Jeffg010]

Einstein Bagels are the best. I love the Blue Berry ones.

Fuck bruegger's bagels

 

[Daishiki]

Plain or Asiago cheese with cream cheese and I'm a happy man.

 

[BudAshes]

Pesto cheese bagel with jalepeno cream cheese.

 

[bigrash]

Einstein Bagels are the best. I love the Blue Berry ones.

Fuck bruegger's bagels

I had Einstein's bagels in California, and though not as good as NY bagels, they were very good.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Einstein Bagels are the best. I love the Blue Berry ones.

Fuck bruegger's bagels

einstein Jalapeno bagels have 0 kick (I mean NOTHING) and taste like wet green peppers or something.

Try Brueggers Jalapeno bagel > owns every bagel out there.

: D

 

[vshah]

senior year my college put a cafe in the library. during the last month of 1st semester, when I was hardcore studying for exams, I spent ~300 on bagels in 30 days.
$1.50 a bagel. average 6.66 bagels a day....

it was a wonderful time in my life.

also, a shout out to absolute bagels on the UWS. best bagels!

 

[CryHavoc]

A toasted bagel with sun dried tomato cream cheese

YUM!!!

 

[gevorg]

bagel is poor man's sammich

 

[KidNiki1]

i love einstein poppy seed or pumpernickel with plain cream cheese...never toasted, just sliced

sometimes i like to get a six cheese bagel and just eat it plain. when they used to have the salt ones still, i liked to get those every once in a while also as a snack, also just plain.

 

[IronWing]

An everything bagal, toasted, with jalapeno cream cheese is quite tasty. The only not-so-good part is the bagel itself. They should sell shaker bottles of "everything" so one could just stir it into a cup of cream cheese and eat that instead.

I voted no. Bagels are just un-good bread.

 

[dbk]

I stopped eating bagels.. just too much bread.. i prefer english muffins

 

[CraigRT]

Not in love, but more in the love camp than not.
I like cinnamon raisin and poppy seed. Sometimes a good old sesame.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I don't love them, but I don't mind having one for breakfast.

 

[rayfieldclement]

I LOVE toasted onion or raisin bagels with cream Cheese or American or butter on them.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Bagels are awesome, especially pumpernickel. Best is with some smoked salmon and some cream cheese, nom nom nom!

 

[unokitty]

Real bagels are a joy. And they are boiled before they are baked.

When I lived in Daytona, there were one or two 'real' bagel shops run by migrants from New York City.

Haven't had bagels that good since I left Florida.

Uno

 

[Jeffg010]

einstein Jalapeno bagels have 0 kick (I mean NOTHING) and taste like wet green peppers or something.

Try Brueggers Jalapeno bagel > owns every bagel out there.

: D

Well you see the problem I have with Brueggers bagels is it feels like I'm chewing on rubber. Einstein bagels are much softer and easy on the palette. Now I'm a sweeter tasting bagel kind of guy so hot bagels like Jalapeno will never be on my menu. So I would never know or care about a Jalapeno bagel.

 

[notposting]

Well, to be honest I love cream cheese, so bagels are just a means to an end.

But a nice "everything" bagel toasted with some butter slathered on and then mounds of cream cheese piled on...YUM.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yum. Everything, garlic or onion. I usually just toast them and spread a little margarine.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I stopped eating bagels.. just too much bread.. i prefer english muffins

I love bagels but Ive tried to cut it back. I end up eating two and I smother it with cream cheese

 

[AMDZen]

No cream cheese for me. Toasted with Butter

 

[AstroManLuca]

Bruegger's recently started offering bagels with Nutella. Yes, I got me some of THAT.

Oh and I far prefer Bruegger's because they are a little tougher. That's how bagels are supposed to be. What's the point of getting a bagel if it's just a torus-shaped piece of bread?

 

[nanette1985]

I love bagels but I don't love what my blood glucose meter looks like after I eat one.

Though I know lots of great bagel bakeries - one good thing about NJ - my favorites come from the local Stop& Shop. wherever they get their bagels - those things are awesome.