Bagels What is your go to's

[Donw]

Personally I just don’t understand the appeal of bagels nor croissants either. So none for me.

[Panhead John]

+1….With ya Don. I never saw the appeal either, why does everyone cram them with 200 toppings? Just wondering. 🤷‍♂️

[Donw]

Panhead John Yep, all the toppings. If you need the toppings why bother? Sort of like a well done steak smothered in A1. However, each to their own.

[RichieB]

Jim White here ya go...

https://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/egg-in-a-bagel-hole-breakfast-tips?utm_campaign=foodandwine_foodandwine&utm_content=topfwqualities&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=61426bdf39364e000132245b

[Jim White]

Cool!

[synodog]

Plain or blueberry. Plain cream cheese but I won’t turn down a bacon, egg, and cheese bagel sandwich.

[Old Glory]

Best bagels in Boston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuIhiqlijlM

[shify]

As someone who is Jewish and a NY’er (and NJ born and raised), boy do I have opinions on bagels.

Nothing beats a fresh, well made bagel. Toasting ruins a good bagel but makes a bad bagel better. The bagel should have a chewy but crisp exterior. If it’s soft, it’s not a bagel. They should be boiled before baking, otherwise it’s just a roll with a hole.

As far as flavors, I opt for salt or everything above all, and prefer my everything bagels without caraway seeds (they should have salt, dried garlic, dried onion, poppy and sesame seeds) Growing up in NJ all the bagel shops had the same varieties:
Plain
Egg
Salt
Poppy
Sesame
Onion
Garlic
cinnamon raisin
Everything

I prefer to bagels with butter but will accept cream cheese (plain or scallion). Anything with fruit is blasphemy.

Bagels does last more than a few hours, so anything shelf stable isn’t going to be very good. For best results, freeze fresh bagel. When ready to eat, let them defrost on the counter for 20-30 min, rinse briefly under water and reheat in a 350 degree oven till fully defrosted and crispy on the outside. Almost as good as fresh

[RichieB]

Also Jewish. Also grew up in Passaic N.J. and have a solid foundation in the bagel culture. It was a staple growing up. Being your location, suspect no issue getting bagels that will not disappoint.

[shify]

RichieB - quality bagels are easily procured! Typically at least one weekend morning we grab bagels. Salt for me and my daughter, everything or the occasional cinnamon raisin for Mrs shify and my son is a plain bagel, if any - hes still a pancake/waffle guy - still working on him

[Pobeque]

Not Jewish, but grew up and live on Long Island. Completely agree that fresh bagels should not be toasted, but day olds can be toasted. Egg everything with cream cheese & bacon is my go to, but sometimes I'll do the classic cream cheese & nova/lox, onion, caper etc.

Wait I amend my toasting statement.....cinnamon raisin bagels , even when fresh, are better toasted with butter, not cream cheese

[Tax Man]

Toasted everything bagel with cream cheese. Not just a dab of cream cheese either.

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

I just can't imagine eating fish for breakfast.

YURK!

[Draznnl]

DogFaced PonySoldier Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

Don't like fish in general, so meh.

[Dan Deter]

The only sweet bagel I like is cinnamon raison. I'll eat almost any savory, but especially plain, cheddar, or poppyseed. But I only get them from the one bagel shop anymore, they have spoiled me. Plain cream cheese or my shop's "hot n spicy" (jalapeños and some other peppers, I've never asked). But by far the most common (either ordering from the shop or using their plain bagels to make at home) for us is bacon, egg, and cheddar on a plain bagel.

[bbqLuv]

Many times, boring is good.

[JCBBQ]

Always everything. Breakfast might be bacon egg and cheese. Or the lox combo above

[pkadare]

Go ahead, fight me. :-)

[Huskee]

I'm a plain, lightly toasted, w/ obscene amount of butter guy. Or cream cheese. I even enjoy microwaving instead of toasting them to keep them gooey. Yum.

[HawkerXP]

Everything and poppy.
We had a standing order for our flight crews. "Heading to Teterboro NJ? You better bring back bags of bagels."

[kjbarth]

Everything bagel with bacon, egg, and cheese
everything bagel with Taylor ham, egg, and cheese
Everything bagel with tuna salad open face
everything bagel with egg salad and bacon open face
Cinnamon raisin bagel with peanut butter and grape jelly open face
Cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese

[shify]

Taylor ham, egg and cheese on an everything bagel was my weekend breakfast/lunch of choice in high school or any time I came home from college

[Beefchop]

Egg, Pumpernickel, Rye, or Marble Rye. Lox, cream cheese and capers = savory, cream cheese and strawberry preserves = sweet. Too bad you can't get good bagels here in south Louisiana.