Re:Daniel Thompson, Whose Bagel Machine Altered the American...
by analog31 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @07:49PM
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How much of the problem is due to the machine as originally conceived, and how much due to subsequent changes in ingredients and other aspects of the process?
I've never tasted a hand-made bagel other than my own attempts to make them at home. But I know, even over the span of my own lifetime, that store-bought bagels have changed a lot. Many brands of bagels, such as a couple of the chains operating in my locale, are basically toroidal wonder bread, huge, soft, and sweet.
There's a reasonably decent bagel factory near my house, with a retail counter. So at least the bagels are fresh, and buying a couple dozen is a convenient respite from baking bread every evening for the family.
I've never tasted a hand-made bagel other than my own attempts to make them at home. But I know, even over the span of my own lifetime, that store-bought bagels have changed a lot. Many brands of bagels, such as a couple of the chains operating in my locale, are basically toroidal wonder bread, huge, soft, and sweet.
There's a reasonably decent bagel factory near my house, with a retail counter. So at least the bagels are fresh, and buying a couple dozen is a convenient respite from baking bread every evening for the family.