"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
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> James Silverton wrote:
>
>>I can't say I've ever had much experience of New York bagels but there
>>are two good bagel places even near where I live: Bethesda Bagels
>>(Bethesda Ave, Bethesda) and Goldberg's Bagels (Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda
>>and Boiling Brook Rd, Kensington). I believe both places make their
>>bagels properly and boil the dough before baking but I don't think CR
>>considered them.
>
> If it's not parboiled before baking, it doesn't form the
> characteristic bagel skin, and therefore it's not a real bagel. I'm
> sure all bakery bagels are parboiled. The factory-made pseudo-bagels
> in supermarkets, probably not.

Also, they need to be made with potato water and some mashed cooked potato.
This lends he charactristic hewiness that is so desirable.

Paul