slo’s THURSDAY 10/12 poll - Bagels 🥯

[slo]

I have been having such a taste for a bagel lately - I just love them, especially with cream cheese. I also enjoy a fresh bagel to make a sandwich with.

What is your opinion of bagels and how often do you eat them?
(multiple choice)

*For those that eat them less than once a month (some may eat them once a year), please choose the “other” option. I wish I had more than 10 options - mods, can we change that? I’d love about 15.



For Me…..As I said above, I do love them, but sadly I don’t eat them - too many carbs for me. I’m one of those people that gain weight when I just look at certain foods - it’s very annoying! The last time I had a bagel was 3 years ago - I treated myself to one when we were at a softball tournament - it was so good!

 

[Kitty 34]

I like a slightly toasted plain bagel with cream cheese. I used to eat them a lot in the mornings when teaching.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have always loved bagels. I have been on a real bagel kick for the last month or so after discovering the low carb ones. I have been having one pretty much every day now.

I like just the plain bagels with plain cream cheese.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I love them! I try not to have them tooooo often, but I'd say at least once a month.
(It's been more often in the past, but I'm finding carbs less friendly than in my youth. )

 

[Disneylover99]

We always have a couple of packs in the freezer for toasting. I like them toasted with butter. I only like them with cream cheese if I buy them fresh from the bagel store.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I enjoy lox on a bagel, and I have a few of those sandwiches every month!

 

[LoveDaisy]

I love them and bring a bunch home anytime I go to NYC. The ones I can get in CT are fine but the ones from NYC are worth every calorie!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Love them ! I eat them every month or so ! But agree they are fattening but oh so good !

 

[ronandannette]

I really like them! There wasn’t a good poll choice for how often I eat them, though. I don’t routinely buy them; it can be months in between. But when I do pick up a package, I’ll eat at least one every day until they’re gone.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I used to love the blueberry bagels from Au Bon Pan. They were so good! But then I switched to a gluten-free diet for quite a few years to cure some stomach issues. I've gone back to a normal diet but can't eat foods like bagels without feeling sick.

 

[BrianL]

I like them okay, though they aren't my first choice. I really do dislike bagel snobs though and people who make them out to be so special, especially only if they are made in New York City. There is kind of a culture around them that makes my like them less. I'll have one if people bring them into the office or something, but I'd rather have a doughnut or English muffin to be honest.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I guess I'd say, I love them. But probably have fewer than a half dozen a year. Almost any kind is great. Toasted, with a schmear of cream cheese really tops it off.

 

[Meriweather]

I haven't had one in years.
Like you said, too many carbs.
I would rather have good sourdough bread anyway.

 

[MamaMermaid]

I LOVE Bagels!

 

[mamamary]

I love bagels. I could eat them a few times a week but I try to not have them more than once or twice a month. When I lived in NY i pretty much had them every day.

 

[RedAngie]

My favorite is sesame seed. Either with light cream cheese or butter.

Recently I was thinking, as a kid/teen I only remember plain or egg bagels. When did sesame, poppy seed, everything, etc. become popular? And in recent years there are those rainbow or other “exotic” varieties.

 

[mjkacmom]

I like them okay, though they aren't my first choice. I really do dislike bagel snobs though and people who make them out to be so special, especially only if they are made in New York City. There is kind of a culture around them that makes my like them less. I'll have one if people bring them into the office or something, but I'd rather have a doughnut or English muffin to be honest.

I live 10 miles from Manhattan, seriously bagels outside this area are horrible! They’re like bread shaped donuts. We get our bagels from bagel stores and wrap and freeze what we’re not eating asap, like bakery bread it’s not good 24 hours later if left out. I eat about a dozen bagels a year, just too filling, but I love them, especially fresh.

 

[mjkacmom]

My favorite is sesame seed. Either with light cream cheese or butter.

Recently I was thinking, as a kid/teen I only remember plain or egg bagels. When did sesame, poppy seed, everything, etc. become popular? And in recent years there are those rainbow or other “exotic” varieties.

They’ve always been popular here, I can‘t imagine a bagel store with only 2 varieties.

 

[Moliphino]

I like them, but I don't eat them on any regular basis. I might eat a couple a week at times, then not have one again for months. I usually eat them with butter.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Love them, but don't have them on a regular basis. Right now I've got a bag of plain mini bagels, so I've been having one of those for breakfast several days out of the last few weeks, with veggie cream cheese. They're a good size for me - the regular ones are really a little to big. But I don't always have them on hand. I rarely get them out, but if I do, it's usually an everything bagel with jalapeno cream cheese.