On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 11:09:13 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Gary wrote:
> >
> >IMO, bagels make stupid sandwiches unless all ingredients are hard. Bite
> >into one and all the soft ingredients squeeze right out. Where's the fun
> >in that? A half bagel, open faced is ok though.
>
> Bagels are not intended for sandwiches, they're intended for a filling
> of no more than a schmear (cream cheese or butter) and a
> soupcon/schmeckel lox, chopped herring, or other smoked fish
> (whitefish/sturgeon). The bagel is the main event, not the filling...
> when I was eating Brooklyn bagels hot from the oven I didn't want
> anything in them, don't dare slice them. The bagel is the only bread
> I know that once it's cold it's stale... and toasted bagels are an
> abomination. Eating a cold bagel is the same as eating a soft boiled
> egg cold, yik.

Don't try and tell me now to eat MY food, OK?

Would you not like the same courtesy in return?

John Kuthe...