Question of the Day, Wednesday, January 8, 2025

[neely]

Good morning and Happy Whiskers Wednesday! Over the holidays our neighbor invited us for brunch and had a big basket of assorted bagels. I like eating bagels but don’t have them too often. My favorites are: 1) parmesan oregano, 2) asiago and 3) cinnamon raisin. I like the first two with cream cheese and chives and the third toasted with butter.

DO YOU LIKE BAGELS? WHICH ONES ARE YOUR FAVORITE ?

 

[alysker]

Maybe it's because of where I live but all bagels I've ever had were so incredibly dry! But if I do ever get one I love smoked salmon and cream cheese.

 

[Mia6]

Maybe it's because of where I live but all bagels I've ever had were so incredibly dry! But if I do ever get one I love smoked salmon and cream cheese.

when i lived in Ft. Lauderdale (home of the famous fart, haa!!!!), there was a shop that made the
best bagels. the owner was from Brooklyn and i had one almost daily.

 

[NY cat man]

I like them, but won't go out of my way to get them. I guess that's because they were never a 'thing' in my earlier years, unless you lived in a big city. Either plain or onion will do for me.

 

[artiemom]

I love bagels. There is a very old bagel shop in the next city. They have been there for about 100 years. Bagels made on premises. I remember when I was a little girl, and my dad would go there for bagels. A few times he slipped me in the back door-- When you could get fresh bagels, off hours-- only what was available. I remember watching the vats of boiling bagels, and the fresh ones, right out of the oven, cooling on racks. An old family recipe. The best I have ever had, and really, the only ones I eat. They used to be open 24/7... my dad told me, that when he was much younger, after a night out, they would stop there for a bagel!

My favorites: Egg, cinnamon raisin, blueberry, and plain.
And they originated the Pizza Bagel: a plain bagel, with a thin part of the top cut off, tomato sauce, cheese, oregano.. so good....

I have not had any for a while. I need to go there soon.

 

[Kris107]

Love bagels! Only wish they were somehow low calorie - if they were, I'd eat them all the time. My favorites are definitely from NYC, but I will try other varieties. There's a shop nearby that make some wood fired ones with sourdough but they are a lot more bready - not very dense. Another shop has some pretty good ones but definitely more on the chef-y/gourmet side. Need to try them again. I like most flavors. Plain is my favorite for sandwiches. But I like an Everything. Cinnamon Raisin if with butter or plain cc. Yum yum yum. Now all I can think about is eating bagels! I'd probably go for a good bagel over a good doughnut.

 

[Winchester]

I love bagels of any flavor. We have a bagel shop in town, so will treat ourselves from time to time. I make bagels for us, too. They’re not hard to make at all. I agree with K Kris107 ; probably take a good bagel over a doughnut.

 

[denice]

I like bagels. We have a kosher deli here that makes really good ones. My favorites are plain or sesame with cream cheese.

 

[Lari]

I love bagels! I'll eat most flavors, but prefer plain, egg, or asiago cheese. Or pumpkin spice.

 

[susanm9006]

Pumpernickel with plain cream cheese is one of my favorites. The other is a toasted plain bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jelly on it.

 

[fionasmom]

They are too doughy for me, but I also think that the problem is that there are not that many places nearby that have really good ones.

 

[Graceful-Lily]

Everything bagel with cream cheese. Oh boy, I should have bought some at the grocery store the other day.

 

[susanm9006]

They are too doughy for me, but I also think that the problem is that there are not that many places nearby that have really good ones.

We have Bruggers Bagels chain shops all over.

 

[Willowy]

I don't like them sweet. Any savory flavor is fine. Everything, onion, asiago, plain. I like plain cream cheese and a sliced tomato on top, but salsa is ok for a tomato substitute, and occasionally a (savory) flavored cream cheese works.

 

[Margot Lane]

Pumpernickel. Toasted. But it is as much about atmosphere as anything: the rush of people, the smell, the accents, the hustle.

 

[lizzie]

I don't believe I've ever met a bagel that I didn't love!Not especially picky as to what's on them either,although I must say my favorite is an everytthing with lox,cream cheese,capers and a slice of tomato,toasted or not

 

[Margot Lane]

I love bagels. There is a very old bagel shop in the next city. They have been there for about 100 years. Bagels made on premises. I remember when I was a little girl, and my dad would go there for bagels. A few times he slipped me in the back door-- When you could get fresh bagels, off hours-- only what was available. I remember watching the vats of boiling bagels, and the fresh ones, right out of the oven, cooling on racks. An old family recipe. The best I have ever had, and really, the only ones I eat. They used to be open 24/7... my dad told me, that when he was much younger, after a night out, they would stop there for a bagel!

My favorites: Egg, cinnamon raisin, blueberry, and plain.
And they originated the Pizza Bagel: a plain bagel, with a thin part of the top cut off, tomato sauce, cheese, oregano.. so good....

I have not had any for a while. I need to go there soon.

You got It. Vat has to be on premises. 24/7 is magic. Back door? How do I get the secret password?

 

[neely]

And they originated the Pizza Bagel: a plain bagel, with a thin part of the top cut off, tomato sauce, cheese, oregano.. so good... I have not had any for a while. I need to go there soon.

Please take me with you. I'd love to have a pizza bagel.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Please believe me when say this….

I LOVE BAGELS!!!

Seriously.

My favorite are any cheese ones, cranberry, rye, pumpernickel, Old Bay, jalapeño… basically any bagel. I’ll choose savory before sweet. I like them with cream cheese, almond butter (on sweet ones), butter, or as an egg sandwich. Its all good!

 

[susanm9006]

I had never had a bagel until I was in college. They had them at the college cafeteria premade with pastrami and cream cheese. Delicious but not very fresh I think now because they were incredibly tough to chew. It wasn’t until years later when I had my first non college bagel and discovered how wonderfully soft they were.