Posted on 07/26/2023 7:16:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
(Last Updated On: July 17, 2023)
NATIONAL BAGELFEST DAY | JULY 26
National Bagelfest Day on July 26th recognizes the kosher carbohydrate. Toast one and add a schmear or two. If you don’t, you’re not really celebrating.
#NationalBagelfestDay
North Americans love this crunchy on the outside and chewy in the middle bread. Served with a variety of toppings, bagels also come in a diverse flavors. In most communities, bagel shops are a staple across the country.
U.S. Bagel History
Polish-Jewish immigrants introduced the bagel to the United States. Throughout New York City and the surrounding boroughs, they grew thriving businesses. Of course, it didn’t take long for the bakers to organize. In 1907, they created the International Beigel Bakers’ Union. For decades, Bagel Bakers Local 338 held contracts with nearly all bagel bakeries in and around the city for its workers.
Until the 1960s, bakeries made bagels by hand. Then Daniel Thompson invented the bagel maker and along came a heated debate of man versus the machine. Thereafter, the question of the better bagel dangled before customers. Was it the handcrafted bagel or the manufactured bagel?
The bagel became more common throughout North America during the last quarter of the 20th century. Credit for the bagels’ spread across the country goes in part to the efforts of bagel baker Harry Lender, his son, Murray Lender, and Florence Lender. Their pioneering efforts led to the automated production and distribution of frozen bagels in the 1960s. Murray also invented pre-slicing the bagel.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL BAGELFEST DAY
The day allows us to explore the history behind the bagel and savor the varied flavors. Grab some bagels and your favorite toppings. Post on social media using #NationalBagelfestDay.
NATIONAL BAGELFEST DAY HISTORY
Murray Lender, the owner of Lenders Bagels, founded National Bagelfest Day. In 1986, Murray started the festival in Mattoon, Illinois, home of the world’s largest bagel factory.
PASS THE CREAM CHEESE, PLEASE!.................
Bagels sure do vary widely in quality, type, etc.
I admit I love them all - we like everything and salt bagels the most - with schmeers, of course.
Schmaltz ................
“Burnt wid a shmear”
I have not found a good bagel spot where I live. It’s a travesty.
Every ‘problem’ is a business opportunity.
Sounds like a business opportunity.................
Can do that as well, but that’s mostly found in NY City - never seen it on the West Coast.
We are visiting New York (staying outside of the city) next year - SIL can’t wait to take us on a bagel and deli tour.
I’d rather have mediocre bagels than invest my life in trying to turn Lake Michigan water into Catskills water, and if Chicagoland hasn’t figured it out in ~180 years, who am I?
Never had bagels, didn’t even know what one was, until I was 23/24 and moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 1977-79......................
love onion bagels!!!
When I lived in Margate, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, we had a bagel restaurant there, I forget the name, that had every kind of bagel you could imagine!......................
I’m having a bagel with cream cheese and “everything” seasoning sprinkled on top as I write.
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