Just don't eat any bagels west of the Delaware.
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Trudy Booth - Aug 02, 2003 7:42:50 am PDT #6079 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Burrell - Aug 02, 2003 7:44:28 am PDT #6080 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The French have nothing to worry about on the croissant front, I think. Then again, it's hard for me to understand why anyone vacationing in France need eat any other bread form than a good baguette. And FTR, most American baguettes suffer greatly in comparison, esp the fancy zahzah ones around LA and the Bay Area. Sure I eat them, but they are an altogether different, crusty little beast.
erikaj - Aug 02, 2003 7:48:31 am PDT #6081 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Standing Right Here. Well, in a metaphorical sense.(ETA: No! Two. It's metaphoriffic!) I will be happy to eat an East Coast bagel at the next f2f, though, to fill in the gaps in my bagel-education.
Nutty - Aug 02, 2003 7:50:42 am PDT #6082 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Are UK muffins the same as what Americans call English Muffins? I.e., little flat bread-y circles that you cut in two and find lots of little holes ("nooks and crannies") into which to spread butter? That's what Thomas's English Muffins (in the US) are, and I sort of assumed they were actually Thomas's Attempt To Steal Cultural Prestige, But Actually Pulled The Recipe Out Of His Hindparts Muffins.
I did learn, in France, that they make croissants without butter in the recipe. I'm not sure I see the point in that, but then, I never ate any of these butterless concoctions. It's pastry, for crying out loud! How can you have good pastry without butter (or equivalent)?
Susan W. - Aug 02, 2003 7:51:28 am PDT #6083 of 9843
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Just don't eat any bagels west of the Delaware.
Hey! Philadelphia makes perfectly good bagels.
It's these crazy westerners with their cinnamon-raisin and chocolate chip bagels who should be judged and judged severely.
erikaj - Aug 02, 2003 7:53:42 am PDT #6084 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Hey! That's my hey. Hey! There's a bagel bakery in Arizona, now. Don't worry, we bought plain!
Trudy Booth - Aug 02, 2003 7:54:48 am PDT #6085 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The mad riffing on bagel flavors is maddening.
Cinnamon rasin has been grandfathered in, but NO NEW BAGELS (particularly sweet ones)/
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2003 7:57:38 am PDT #6086 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Plain, poppyseed, sesame ... that's all, we're done, thank you.
erikaj - Aug 02, 2003 8:00:28 am PDT #6087 of 9843
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All joking aside, you'd only get a very little argument from me on that. Because 1. You're ita. And 2. Those really are the best ones.
Typo Boy - Aug 02, 2003 8:01:33 am PDT #6088 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Just don't eat any bagels west of the Delaware.
Hey LA has some of the greatest bagels of all times. I know a lot of transplanted New Yorkers who admit this.
As to the odd flavored bagels: Well the classics are still available. But once you allow cinammon-raisin, I don't see how you can excluded all the other sweet flavors. Similarly given garlic and onion bagels, I don't see how you can arbitrarily exclude the Jalepano and so forth.
Mind you, garlic, onion and plain are still my favorites..