Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> That stuff is, the the best of my knowledge, primarily from
> two particular Montreal delis, both Jewish, and proudly
> Jewish. The twit might have been labouring under the
> impression that we think that being Jewish is a bad thing. I
> will give the Montreal Jewish the credit for also creating
> incredible bagels. There seems to be regional differences in
> bagels. Bagels in this corner of the world suck the big one.
> Montreal bagels OTOH, are incredible, and they are produced by
> a number of Jewish run bagel shops.

Get a Kettleman's franchise set up in your area.

> FWIW when my son was managing a restaurant for a franchise
> whose Canadian operation was based in Montreal, one of their
> menu items was smoked salmon on a Montreal bagel. I don't
> think there is any slur attached to attributing the concept
> of smoked salmon on a bagel with cream cheese to Jews. He was
> very happy to find a restaurant in his neighbourhood that made
> incredible Montreal Jewish style bagels, but the bakery was
> run by a Lebanese couple.

It's obviously a skill that can be acquired.

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