Re: Bagels

Bob Henson wrote:
> 
> On 5.8.24 11:14 am, Citizen Smith wrote:
> > 
> > Bit empty in here, so here goes...
> > 
> > Getting on for forty years ago I used to service the fridges in a bagel shop in
> > Brick Lane, east London. The lane was mainly a Jewish area then. They sold the
> > bagels filled and unfilled and they were delicious. My favourite ones were the
> > hot salt beef and mustard, and the smoked salmon and cream cheese. You can't
> > get bagels as good as that from the supermarkets.
> > My favourite breakfast bagel (from the supermarket) at the moment is a bit of I
> > weird one, but it works for me and I like it, it's a cinnamon and raisin bagel,
> > toasted and buttered and filled with half melted cheddar and a couple of slices
> > of spicy salami.
> 
> We stayed a couple of times at a hotel just across the green from the
> Houses of Parliament where smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels were
> always on the breakfast buffet and I rapidly acquired a taste for them
> (it took about 3 seconds) and they stayed favourite. Sadly, bagels of
> any kind are not on my menu as they are only slightly less calorific
> than sugar.

Yes, that is a problem.


> The self imposed ban is only broken when I go to visit
> youngest son who cannot do anything useful all day if denied bagels for
> breakfast - toasted and  topped with bacon, omelettes and anything that
> falls into the frying pan. SWMBO is now coeliac thanks to a nasty bout
> of Covid, and the gluten free jobbies are not in the same league at all.

Bummer. I've got an intolerance to nanas after I got covid in the first flush 
of it. Dunno if it had anything to do with it or just a coincidence.