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Just had a toasted onion bagel with cream cheese that one of my coworkers brought in for the office.

What makes a bagel so much more delicious-er than normal bread, rolls and such?

I do so love a nicely toasted bagel with cream cheese. Also, there is nothing I love for breakfast more that a egg, cheese and Bacon/sausage/porkroll on the same nicely toasted bagel.

What makes them so good?

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

That's the Judaism you're tasting.

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LOL!

This reminded me of a joke:

What is the difference between karate and judo?

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

It's my theory that God told Moses how to bake bagels on Mount Sinai, and all the crap in the Torah/Old Testament about unleavened bread and manna is just a joke played upon the rest of the world.

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No, no. This has nothing to do with it. It's the resemblance of the bagel to the doughnut. The deliciousness of doughnuts is thereby transferred to the bagel.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Pretzel bagel for the win!

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My new office is right next to an Einstein bros bagel shop. Very dangerous for me. I love their bagels.

I wish they still had their jalapeno bagel, but that was discontinued ten years ago our so.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Einstein Brothers isn't awful, but they're no Brueggar's.

The true test of a bagel shop is their Pumpernickel.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

The process that makes bagels, the lack of sugary sweetness, the amazing assortment of varieties, the thickness and density of the bagel, all add to the great gestalt that makes the bagel a perrenial favorite. We have a Noah's Bagels near the office and people occasionally bring in some to share, with schmears. Wonderful tradition.

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Everything bagel FTMFW. Preferably with lox and cream cheese (or salmon cream cheese, to make it easier).

(Actually, it might be the flour, Foamy. I've started making my own bread, and looking at bread flour vs. regular all-purpose, vs. cake flour, etc., I learned that bread flour is good for bagels and breads that should be chewier. It has a higher level of proteins (gluten) that trap more yeast, etc. Could also be the salt water that they're boiled in, I think that's what does it for me. I'm a salt-fiend.)

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

*sigh*

Sadly, I've completely forgotten what such delicacies taste like =(