#bagel !!

[facts-i-just-made-up]

what is a bagel, really?

As a Jew of Polish descent, I was always told that in medieval times, Jews were deemed unworthy of the richest tasting foods that Poland of the era had to offer. The most flavorful things Poland had back then were bread and water, so Jews were forbidden from drinking water or baking bread. Now, Jews have a knack for eating unconventional bread products, having survived 40 years in a desert eating only stale Pita Pit leftovers known as "Matzo."

So it was that the Jews would boil the water instead of drinking it, and put the dough in that boiling water instead of baking it. In order to survive without water to drink, they invented Manischewitz Concord Grape Juice, and shortly after invented Irritable Bowel Syndrome as a result.

People thought they were nuts for these culinary substitutions, hence the term for the shape of the common bagel, a "Dough Nut." These toroidal not-technically-bread foods became popular across the globe, not only among Jews, but also among New Yorkers, some of whom were also rumored to be Jewish but no confirmation of a Jewish population in New York has yet been discovered.

Also there is something called "Lox," but this is a PG-13 rated blog so I won't be explaining where that comes from.

[strawberry4milk]

vegan lox/smoked salmon/egg salad/omelette bagel

[poppetsisters]

Aw man, this Bagel really hit the- Hit the what?

[girlactionfigure]

Here’s some history behind one of America’s favorite breakfast foods!

Note: There are also different myths/stories of how bagels came to be which are pretty interesting to read too!

Sources: The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York. The Bagel: the Surprising History

of a Modest Bread.

Dani Ishai Behan

Jewish Pride Always

[onebadnoodle]

not your average villain of the week

[mildew-mop]

obligatory rb for sample

[natedhernandez]

Painted a Bagel

[daily-deliciousness]

Crispy parmesan and pesto egg in a bagel

[succo-al-limone]

Atsv memes for the taste

[ropnolcart]

Watch out for Bagel She's one of them toxic gamer's!!

[rumwik]

Latias (with bagel)

[rubybug]

A sketch page commission for Soarin! 🦊🥯💙

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I walked into a pastry shop to get this super fancy bagel that they were known for. The lady at the counter keep being really mean to me cause she saw I had a loaf of bread in my bag already. I kept trying to tell her through tears that they didn’t make this kind of bread but she didn’t care and kept being really mean and threw the bagel at me when she made it and I cried harder. 

[jadegr8]

I actually did it I made Neil Gaiman's Bagels!!!

Here's a picture of them freshly out of the oven :D

But please someone tell me is barley flour even real?! Did Neil invent it?! Because I searched 4 supermarkets in and outside my town as well as two local eco stores and I found everything, EVERYTHING except for barley flour. I mean, it worked without it but I was so annoyed. They are a little flat because by the time I got back from my little odyssey it was already kinda late so I shaped them and threw them into the fridge and, well, wasn't my best idea :')

But they really REALLY taste amazing, so much better than anything you can buy at the bakery <3 (in fact so amazing that I made another batch of dough :)

This is the post where Neil shared his recipe btw:

https://www.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/708749898953179136/hi-neil-why-did-you-stop-making-bagels-what-did

If you have sourdough started I highly recommend you give it a try ;)

[galina]

Late at the 24 hour bagel spot on Brick Lane

[fatty-food]

Bacon, egg, cheese on everything bagel (via Instagram)