Posted on 08/07/2015 10:17:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Bagels are getting bigger, thicker and fluffier.
While that might seem like a good thing, it's also throwing off the perfect cream cheese to dough ratio.
Now scientists have come to the rescue with a new, 'scientifically correct' way to cut a bagel so that they can be loaded with more filling.
A recent video shows how to cut a bagel into something known as a Möbius strip, which a famous mathematical structure that only has one side.
The strip can be made by cutting a long strip of paper, putting a half twist in it, and gluing the ends together.
Doing the same thing on a bagel, however, can prove much harder.
Dan Pashman first heard of the strange technique when he spoke to University of Sheffield mathematician Eugenia Cheng for an upcoming episode of The Sporkful podcast.
Dr Cheng previously claimed she had come up with first-ever formula for the 'perfectly proportioned' pizza, taking into account factors like the ratio of topping to base.
In her latest video, she slices a bagel along a Mobius strip. 'Because it's only got one side, I only have to put one swoop of cream cheese, and it's going to go all the way around,' she says.
In a tutorial on NPR, Pashman explains how he came up with his own technique, based on a video by Dr George Hart dubbed the 'Mathematically Correct Breakfast'.
First practice on a bagel by drawing a line on both 'sides' that touch, but without picking up your marker.
'The line needs to wrap around the outside and inside of the bagel, and end up connecting to the beginning,' Pashman writes.
'Then slice along the line using a small, nimble knife.'
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“Yeah, well I slurp soup straight outta the bowl.”
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Well,yaah ! There’s another way?
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Why the hell do people spend time on these things???
El Dang-a-Looie, How Dot Dow Dooie!
the same reason some people spend all might in a bar..
What? Flooding?! Yikes. Guess the folks picked a good time to visit relatives out of state. Thanks for the restaurant suggestion, I’ll float that name over to them. :)
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