Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What is a 'New York Style Bagel'?

Just came to realize that there are manyyyy styles of bagels, so for those that had no idea like me, here is some handy info when you stand on a Starbucks line wondering whats the difference:

**New York Style Bagel** contains salt and malt and is BOILED in water prior to baking in a standard oven. The resultingis puffy with a moist crust.

**Montreal Bagel** contains malt and sugar with no salt; it is boiled in honey-sweetened water before baking in a wood-fired oven; and it is predominantly either of the poppy "black" or sesame "white" seeds variety, is smaller (though with a larger hole), crunchier, and sweeter.]

**The traditional London bagel (or beigel as it is spelled) is harder and has a coarser texture with air bubbles.

I stick to NY as usual.


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