"New York and Connecticut do passable bagels, but the best bagel in each of those places would be only a mediocre bagel in my part of New Jersey."
Fighting words.
That said, I will agree that all bagels (and pizza) outside of the New York/New Jersey axis are pale imitations. And you are correct about not toasting. That's what you do to frozen or other bagels to mask that they taste terrible.
I miss getting bagels from New York City stands. $1 for a bagel loaded with so much cream cheese it is more accurate to say you were getting cream cheese with a bagel around it.
Completely agree, for all the reasons you compassionately mention, but also because, at least so far, it seems that the moment is too big for him. Hopefully he'll grow into the role, quickly.
I hear ya! I just spent 4 years of “exile “ in the Bronx and never had a bagel like ones we have in Jersey!!! I never thought that the worst bagel I would ever eat would be in NYC.
As I had the tremendous privilege of visiting a Jersey-adjacent bagel shop two weeks ago (on the PA side of the Delaware River), I feel your lament of inadequate bagel exports quite deeply. 🙏
"New York and Connecticut do passable bagels, but the best bagel in each of those places would be only a mediocre bagel in my part of New Jersey."
Fighting words.
That said, I will agree that all bagels (and pizza) outside of the New York/New Jersey axis are pale imitations. And you are correct about not toasting. That's what you do to frozen or other bagels to mask that they taste terrible.
I miss getting bagels from New York City stands. $1 for a bagel loaded with so much cream cheese it is more accurate to say you were getting cream cheese with a bagel around it.
Pizza can be correctly judged by its proximity to Chicago. This is an unassailable fact of nature. ;-)
"As I say, pray for the pope. He needs it."
Completely agree, for all the reasons you compassionately mention, but also because, at least so far, it seems that the moment is too big for him. Hopefully he'll grow into the role, quickly.
I hear ya! I just spent 4 years of “exile “ in the Bronx and never had a bagel like ones we have in Jersey!!! I never thought that the worst bagel I would ever eat would be in NYC.
I share your preference for an untoasted buttered bagel even though I am not from New Jersey.
Your preference is correct, Betsy.
I have gotten hooked on bagels from New Yorker Bagels that are based Queens NY and I’m not a yankee!
Your bagel disappointment makes a great story. Perhaps that will console you in your grief. :-)
ANOTHER committee, this time to "help" choose a bishop--more and more like the Anglicans. And we know where that has led.
Cindy Cunningham
As I had the tremendous privilege of visiting a Jersey-adjacent bagel shop two weeks ago (on the PA side of the Delaware River), I feel your lament of inadequate bagel exports quite deeply. 🙏