Bagels: Toasted Or Not?

[A.J.]

As someone who grew up with Lender's Bagels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lender's_Bagels), I never ate them toasted -- and never saw them eaten toasted. Now it seems like everyone (down here anyway) toasts their bagels.

Since the majority of folks are from the NY/NJ area, what is the proper bagel ettiquette? Or, what is your personal preference?

[mongothetrucker]

I like them either untoasted or lightly toasted with butter or cream cheese. I don't think there is a standard way to eat them.

[Jujubees2]

Fresh bagels - no way.

Frozen or a few days old - yes

I remember going into a bagel place (I think in Northern Va.) where they had a sign stating that they do not toast bagels.

[MM2]

As someone who grew up with Lender's Bagels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lender's_Bagels), I never ate them toasted -- and never saw them eaten toasted. Now it seems like everyone (down here anyway) toasts their bagels.

Since the majority of folks are from the NY/NJ area, what is the proper bagel ettiquette? Or, what is your personal preference?

You ate frozen bagels untoasted?

[JPMNICK]

good bagel places will not toast fresh bagels because they tend to just burn.

[KingGeno]

I prefer untoasted. I feel that by cutting a bagel in half, and toasting it that you lose the doughy and chewie portion of the bagel, and it dries it out.

[reillyluck]

i love 'em toasted. Everything bagel toasted with Cream Cheese!!! nummmiesss!!!!!!

[hurlmon]

Fresh bagels - no way.

Frozen or a few days old - yes



EXACTLY!

[joethebartender]

Fresh bagels - no way.

Frozen or a few days old - yes
.

I concur.

[IMSlacker]

I'm abstaining from this poll for geographical reasons.











(I agree with Jujubees2)

[MadMatt]

It really depends on my mood and the situation.

I generally eat Bagels un-toasted because it is faster - grab a bagel on the way out of the door and eat it on the way to work.

However, I also enjoy a nicely toasted bagel every now and then - especially if I eat it with cream cheese or "regular" cheese.

[A.J.]

You ate frozen bagels untoasted?

They weren't frozen. They were made fresh in one of the several Lender's Bakeries/Restaurants that used to be all around the greater New Haven area.

[GvacMobile]

Toasting a day old bagel is perfectly acceptable.

Only a savage would even think of toasting a fresh one or purchasing Lender's.

Some of you truly disgust me.

[Knowledged_one]

It depends

Panera Cinnamon crunch would just burn the cinnamon in the toaster so those are untoasted, same with Chocolate Chip

Panera French Toast, Blueberry or others toast away

[KingGeno]

Size has a lot to do with it. I prefer untoasted for hand-sized normal bagel size. Mini-bagels I prefer to be toasted. Specially bagel bites.

[A.J.]

Only a savage would even think of toasting a fresh one or purchasing Lender's.

I'd never buy a frozen bagel. That would be like buying pot roast without vegetables!

Still, Lender's frozen bagels are better than the dinner rolls they call "bagels" down here.

[Knowledged_one]

I'd never buy a frozen bagel. That would be like buying pot roast without vegetables!

Still, Lender's frozen bagels are better than the dinner rolls they call "bagels" down here.

Panera A.J. panera

[JPMNICK]

I'd never buy a frozen bagel. That would be like buying pot roast without vegetables!

Still, Lender's frozen bagels are better than the dinner rolls they call "bagels" down here.

i was in VA for work for a month, and i decided the try a bagel, and it was HORRENDOUS. if you got someone from another country to try an bagel from NJ and a bagel from VA, they would not even think it was the same food

[KingGeno]

Panera A.J. panera

QFT.

[Drunky McBetidont]

i concur with reillyluck. everything toasted with cream cheese is my go to.
when i am in nyc area i always get an un-toasted bagel with cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, onion and some lox spead. with a large oj or coffee it is more of a sandwich type thing to me.

dammit, fuggin starvin' now

[hammersavage]

toasting a fresh bagel seems pointless. its like how great steak places wont give you A1, enjoy the simple greatness of it.

but few places, and almost none in the city, actually have fresh bagels so then ill get that som'bitch toasted to shit.

[Hottub]

Toasting a day old bagel is perfectly acceptable.

Only a savage would even think of toasting a fresh one or purchasing Lender's.

Some of you truly disgust me.

QFMFT!

[A.J.]

i was in VA for work for a month, and i decided the try a bagel, and it was HORRENDOUS. if you got someone from another country to try an bagel from NJ and a bagel from VA, they would not even think it was the same food

See what I deal with down here? If you thought the bagel was bad try the local pizza and Italian food. AWFUL.

[Knowledged_one]

See what I deal with down here? If you thought the bagel was bad try the local pizza and Italian food. AWFUL.

You mean you dont like Ledo's?

[A.J.]

You couldn't pay me to eat that square crap.

[mendyweiss]

It Does Depend. When I Used To Get Bagels At Ess-A-Bagel, On 1st Ave, Never Toasted,
Shit, I Miss NYC

[StupidGirlllll]

See what I deal with down here? If you thought the bagel was bad try the local pizza and Italian food. AWFUL.

It has to do with the water they use to make the dough...We the tri state area that is has the correct water to make these such things.

[mendyweiss]

You mean you dont like Ledo's?
Only The Original On University Blvd

[Knowledged_one]

It has to do with the water they use to make the dough...We the tri state area that is has the correct water to make these such things.

You mean polluted?

And AJ italian sucks in DC that was why growing up in Columbia was great because i could go to Littly Italy in Baltimore to get good Italian

[JPMNICK]

We the tri state area that is has the correct water to make these such things.

this should be your modquote. that is the worst sentence ever typed on the internet.

"all your base are belong to us" can not hold a candle to this.

[StupidGirlllll]

this should be your modquote. that is the worst sentence ever typed on the internet.

"all your base are belong to us" can not hold a candle to this.

Thank You.

[grlNIN]

I think the difference is what is being put on it.

I would never ever ever toast a fresh bagel and put cream cheese on it. I can't even think of anything more nauseating than the smell, texture and taste of that.

But if im going to use butter than the odds of my toasting a bagel are higher because that just tastes yummy.

[Freakshow]

You mean polluted?

And AJ italian sucks in DC that was why growing up in Columbia was great because i could go to Littly Italy in Baltimore to get good Italian

I just went to Little Italy and got a sandwich. Oh, yeah....

[Knowledged_one]

I just went to Little Italy and got a sandwich. Oh, yeah....

Sabatinos rules

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I toast Jersey Bagels

because them and their awful water suck balls



I never toast a NYC and also fantastic Staten Island Bagel

they are perfect in every way

[StupidGirlllll]

I toast Jersey Bagels

because them and their awful water suck balls



I never toast a NYC and also fantastic Staten Island Bagel

they are perfect in every way


We get the same water from the river hon.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

We get the same water from the river hon.


u must take from the shitty end of the river

because your Bagels and Pizza are terrible

[StupidGirlllll]

I have to disagree with you on that one. I have been to that place acress the street from Ralph's Italian Ice's & I have been to what I believe is called 3 Brothers & I love my Pizza Master Pizza...

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I have to disagree with you on that one. I have been to that place acress the street from Ralph's Italian Ice's & I have been to what I believe is called 3 Brothers & I love my Pizza Master Pizza...


no, you have assimilated to having bad pizza and now you enjoy it because its all you have

[Fezticle98]

I had one of each today. Toasted is better.

[StupidGirlllll]

no, you have assimilated to having bad pizza and now you enjoy it because its all you have


Just like a man will not let me have my own opinion. I have been all over NY & NJ & still come to realize that Pizza Master to me has the best pizza I tasted.

[Knowledged_one]

Just like a man will not let me have my own opinion. I have been all over NY & NJ & still come to realize that Pizza Master to me has the best pizza I tasted.

Yeah but you also watch Criminal Minds

[walking joint]

it depends on the bagel. Frozen bagel i assumed everyone toasted. hard to eat without doing so, or without alot of patience.

the bagels i get at home on Long Island i don't toast. A&S Bagels is great.

the bagels i get at work in NJ suck. not sure where they get them from, but I toast them.

[StupidGirlllll]

Yeah but you also watch Criminal Minds


Yea but what does this have to do with Bagels & Pizza? Speaking of Criminal Minds did you see the season finale?

[OGC]

Here in the boondocks there is no such thing as a FRESH bagel. If I travel someplace that has fresh bagels, I'll have it untoasted with some type of cream cheese or as a sandwich.

The places that I frequent near home or work get their bagels delivered overnight. I don't consider them fresh so toasting them is the only way I will get them. The toppings I have on them rotates between butter, cream cheese, and peanut butter.

[Melissa the Accountant]

I think the difference is what is being put on it.

I would never ever ever toast a fresh bagel and put cream cheese on it. I can't even think of anything more nauseating than the smell, texture and taste of that.

But if im going to use butter than the odds of my toasting a bagel are higher because that just tastes yummy.

I agree, it's a case-by-case type of thing. Bagels can be enjoyable in either form depending on the circumstances. Not that I can claim any authority on the subject. I'm from the fucking Midwest and all we have is the stuff the grocery store baked that day.

Although. I do still enjoy those, both toasted and untoasted.

I can't wait to come to NY this August! My boyfriend asked, what do you want to do in New York? And I told him I wanted to go to Yonah Schimmel's and try a knish. I don't think food adventuring was what he had in mind.

[drusilla]

i used to never ever toast a bagel, but now a lightly toasted bagel with butter is just fantastic.


it does depend on what i'm gonna put on it. chicken salad - toasted, cold cuts - not toasted.

[grlNIN]

A plain, untoasted bagel with a few slices of freshly sliced American cheese is probably one of the best things i've ever eaten.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

i used to never ever toast a bagel, but now a lightly toasted bagel with butter is just fantastic.


it does depend on what i'm gonna put on it. chicken salad - toasted, cold cuts - not toasted.


very good assessment, no toasting w/o butter, maybe cream cheese



I usually order the freshest bagel to avoid toasting it

[StupidGirlllll]

very good assessment, no toasting w/o butter, maybe cream cheese



I usually order the freshest bagel to avoid toasting it


I just saw the star in you sig pic...do you enjoy lox & cream cheese on your bagel?

[sailor]

only an animal wouldn't toast a bagel.

[sr71blackbird]

There is a bagel place by me called "HOT BAGELS" and no matter when you go, the bagels are not even remotely warm, and it pisses me off. I love a nice hot from the oven bagel. I have eaten and enjoyed them either way, but a plain bagel toasted with butter is really nice. I also love baileys.

[Ogre]

i concur with reillyluck. everything toasted with cream cheese is my go to.
when i am in nyc area i always get an un-toasted bagel with cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, onion and some lox spead. with a large oj or coffee it is more of a sandwich type thing to me.

dammit, fuggin starvin' now


http://static.twoday.net/anima/images/homer_simpson.jpg

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I just saw the star in you sig pic...do you enjoy lox & cream cheese on your bagel?


Its good, I love salmon better cooked or with sushi

but I have been known to eat a Lox bagel from time to time

[ahhdurr]

A toasted bagel with butter - mmm hmmm .... squeeze out the extra juice and eat within 20 seconds w/ oj. Now I'm starvin.

(off mic) Earl we got any bagels ?

hahahaha

[BlackSpider]

Toasted, always toasted.
- What, no " pee in my bagle " option ???

[Reephdweller]

I love bagels either way, toasted or not. If they're not toasted I love them with cream cheese. If they are I like them with butter.

[A.J.]

What, no " pee in my bagle " option ???

I'm sorry. I forgot.

[Velvet_Grout]

It all depends on the type of bagel.

[TheCrump]

I have tried to eat a bagel that was untoasted, but it is so chewey it is like bubble gum. Toasted is the only way to go, with cream cheese. It should be illegal to serve them untaosted.:dry: