On Sep 9, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
> were there traditional bagels that were salt covered?
As long as I've been eating bagels, which is 35 years, yes.
> is it wrong for me to be a traditionalist in regard to bagels?
Yes. This is America! And one of the best things about us is mixing stuff up, as in French-Asian hybrid cuisine (though the best example of that I ever had was in Montreal, so I should say this is North America!). California bagels, though, are an abomination; they're more like muffins.
> What do people think of current bagels?
H&H are too doughy, but they dominate my neck of the woods.