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There are several varieties of bagels and many ways to eat and serve them. One of the problems with bagels is that if you leave them out for even a day, they will get hard as a rock. There is really only one way to store bagels for more than one or two days. more »
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Bagels are a traditional Jewish baked good that are very popular around the world. Bagels are eaten for breakfast with cream cheese or even with... more »
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A bagel is a bread product, traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, which is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked."Britannica" /> The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior. Bagels are often topped with seeds baked on the outer crust, with the traditional ones being poppy or sesame seeds. Some also may have salt sprinkled on their surface, and there are also a number of different dough types such as whole-grain or rye."Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica (2009) , retrieved February 24, 2009 from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Bagels have become a popular bread product in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, especially in cities with large Jewish populations, many with different ways of making bagels. Like other bakery products, bagels are available (either fresh or frozen, and often in many flavour varieties) in many major supermarkets in those countries.
The basic roll-with-a-hole design is hundreds of years old and has other practical advantages besides providing for a more even cooking and baking of the dough: the hole could be used to thread string or dowels through groups of bagels, allowing for easier handling and transportation and more appealing seller displays. Nathan, Joan (2008) Slate, posted Nov. 12, 2008Columbia University NYC24 New Media Workshop website , retrieved 2009-02-24
History
Contrary to common legend, the bagel was not created in the shape of a stirrup to commemorate the victory of Poland’s King Jan Sobieski over the Ottoman Turks in 1683. It was actually invented much earlier in Kraków, Poland, as a competitor to the obwarzanek, a lean bread of wheat flour designed for Lent. In the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, the bajgiel became a staple of the Polish national diet.Altschuler, Glenn C. (2008) , a book review of: The Bagel: The Surprising History of a read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel
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