Posted on 12/06/2021 12:33:37 AM PST by blueplum
NYC's bagel cafes are making pleas for cream cheese amidst a growing supply chain shortage, with many just days away from running out of the classic spread
From Zabar's to Pick-a-Bagel, bagel makers citywide say they barely have a few days' supply left, threatening to take a NYC delicacy off the menu indefinitely
Absolute Bagels on the Upper West Side currently has enough cream cheese to last them until Thursday
Nick Patta of Absolute Bagels said that his Queens-based cream cheese supplier had run out of cream cheese for the first time that in over a decade
New York bagel sellers go through thousands of pounds of cream cheese every few weeks
One Brooklyn deli owner even drove a truck to New Jersey to pick up 2,000 of the foodstuff
Meanwhile, dairy suppliers said cream cheese orders placed with manufacturers have come up short over the last three weeks
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Heh - stop the cow farts, ban dairy!
I do like goat cheese.
Tofutti’s vegan cream cheese ....
Vaccine mandatory.
Thanks. I’ve never been to NYC, so didn’t know who typically made the bagels.
Hmmm. The bagel shop in my hometown makes their own cream cheese.
Instead of 1lb of cream cheese on my bagel I’m only gonna get 1/2lb now!!??
Nu? Invent some new schmears with Greek yogurt or ricotta as a base.
Aldi has stopped selling pints of heavy cream—you have to buy a quart now. I bought one and froze half, and when it was time to thaw the frozen half, it turned out lumpy.
Everyplace is also out of cinnamon.
I stock up, just in case I decide to make cheesecake; it does, indeed, keep for many months.
The only way to keep homemade or deli bagels is to freeze them. They’ll keep for months that way. Just microwave for 30 seconds when you want to eat one.
I buy heavy cream from Aldi. It’s ultra pasteurized, and keeps in the fridge for months.
Thanks! I’ll just go ahead and get a quart again next time.
Pusaki says the only shortages are peleton bikes.
Cream Cheese Recipe
Yields about 3 cups
Ingredients
2 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
¼ cup whole milk
¼ cup white distilled vinegar or ¼ cup lemon juice
1 tsp. salt (optional)
Cooking instruction at site: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/beer-food/how-to-make-cream-cheese-at-home/
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