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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Start again at kindergarten, Hank -- that was my point. Then Coltrane jumped in with "yeah, and they won't even toast it." His post suggested a belief that willingness to toast a bagel is a reflection on the establishment's worthiness to sell bagels. If you gotta toast it to make it taste good, you shouldn't be selling that shit in the first place.
Upon reflection, I realize that Coltrane might have meant "since they taste like shit, the least they could do is toast them for you to distract you from the staleness," but I was so worked up about people thinking the proper method of serving a bagel is to toast it that I couldn't see all the possible nuances in his post.
This is my peeve: my local bagel joint, which is actually quite good, toasts bagels by default. You have to request it untoasted. This is simply wrong.
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Bagels can be toasted, but only the next day. Bagels can be onion salt garlic or plain. Fruit should not be found in your bagel.
I don't know if the above applies to Montreal bagels, but one of the best North american Jewish writers is from Montreal and something must inspire him. and Richter doesn't seem like the kind of drip who'd eat a cinnimon raisin or blueberry.
