[DallasBiff]

The best bagels I ever had is when I lived in Orlando some 30 years ago, when a bagel shop opened in a strip mall down the street, next to Publix. It was obviously owned by an expatriated New Yawker, a very nice guy, always friendly to customers.

Of course LA has to ruin the classic bagel.

[Scarlett156]

The only real bagel is one that’s loaded down with lox, onions, and cream cheese - and some capers if they are available. And who cares what the bread part is like....?

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

A donut dipped in cement.......forget who said that. I have bought New York bagels at a farmers market that were really great - don’t know why they are so good, but they are.

[Fungi]

The La Slime is owned by a rabid leftist. Nothing in its pages is worth the time of day. They are desperate for content, worthless content. Die Slime, DIE.

[Flaming Conservative]

It’s impossible to get a real bagel here in northeast Oklahoma, so I make my own. I use King Arthur recipe called water bagels. Very easy, very chewy. I make everything bagels and cinnamon raisin. I use any brand of AP flour, but I add a litte wheat gluten, but it’s not necessary. Fluffy bagels are NOT real bagels.

[jjotto]

This ‘Canada bagel’ is traditionally known as a ‘bialy’. Not new. Not even close.

[Gman]

If it has not been boiled before being baked it is not a bagel. It is just a bagel-shaped piece of bread.

[Eccl 10:2]

I’m just asking, and I’m from NY.

Why do they have a hole in the middle? What value does the hole bring?

Because the hole makes spreading anything on it a pain in the tucchus?

And without the hole , it would make a much better hamburger or barbecue bun.

[llevrok]

Having lived in NYC, I have not had a real bagel since leaving there in 1985.

I’ve had lots of dinner rolls with a hole in the center. But no bagel.

[Beowulf9]

Sounds like they are skimping on the ingredients to make it cheaper.

The new Wonder bread bagel.