[lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity

[Jesse Lemisch]

Yes, one of the best Thanksgving dinners I ever had was the standard turkey
etc. menu in a good Italian restaurant in Buffalo, stuffing etc seasoned in
Italian ways. But I don't think the bagels we're getting now are. like said
dinner, improvements.

Jesse

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
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Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity


>
> 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.
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