So glad to be reminded of why the toasting thing is a thing. And yes! His bagel order is something I also have ordered. Though in his position I would probably end up losing votes over my desire to add sliced tomato.
I realize I am late to this, I apologize, and I realize I my comment is not about politics, I apologize, and I realize I'm about to go off specifically on something you have mocked as an affectation, I apologize, but honestly? You shouldn't have to toast your bagel. Do it, if you want (I say, trying VERY HARD to channel my best Mel Robbins "Let Them"), but do you also toast your freshly made/bought challah? Baguette? Sourdough? A good bagel made that day shouldn't need toasting anymore than any other good bread, and the best way to tell if it's actually good is to eat it untoasted. If it's a good bagel it will, in fact, taste better that way.
Caveat: Sometimes we all have to settle, in which case, totally get it toasted as that will cover up a multitude of sins. Which, I think, goes to the heart of the problem--there are a whole lot of really mediocre bagel makers out there, especially in New York (gasp!), who seem to be able to coast simply by the fact that by being in New York they earn some sort of authenticity bonus points and a lot of people just don't know any better. (If you really want to get me going, ask me about the provincialism of New Yorkers who earnestly believe their Jewish delis to be the country's best.)
Back before there were bagel joints everywhere, H&H was really special. If you went very late at night you got truly fresh bagels. It wasn't an appetizing store, just an old-school bakery, like Kossar's used to be. It's a shonda, what happened to H&H.
I'm not a new yorker so you do you but I feel like the NYT bagel shtick is cute cover for a whole slew of gross, explicitly anti-Jewish policies which he's enthusiastically endorsed and promoted for years.
Finally some Journalism around this dog and pony show
It would have been so (relatively) easy for Adams to bread-and-circus New York City out of its pandemic malaise, BUT NO.
So glad to be reminded of why the toasting thing is a thing. And yes! His bagel order is something I also have ordered. Though in his position I would probably end up losing votes over my desire to add sliced tomato.
The tomatoes in the summer have been so good the last few years that it feels criminal not to eat them when you get a bagel.
I realize I am late to this, I apologize, and I realize I my comment is not about politics, I apologize, and I realize I'm about to go off specifically on something you have mocked as an affectation, I apologize, but honestly? You shouldn't have to toast your bagel. Do it, if you want (I say, trying VERY HARD to channel my best Mel Robbins "Let Them"), but do you also toast your freshly made/bought challah? Baguette? Sourdough? A good bagel made that day shouldn't need toasting anymore than any other good bread, and the best way to tell if it's actually good is to eat it untoasted. If it's a good bagel it will, in fact, taste better that way.
Caveat: Sometimes we all have to settle, in which case, totally get it toasted as that will cover up a multitude of sins. Which, I think, goes to the heart of the problem--there are a whole lot of really mediocre bagel makers out there, especially in New York (gasp!), who seem to be able to coast simply by the fact that by being in New York they earn some sort of authenticity bonus points and a lot of people just don't know any better. (If you really want to get me going, ask me about the provincialism of New Yorkers who earnestly believe their Jewish delis to be the country's best.)
But also why is Cuomo even eligible as someone who doesn't live in NYC?
I wish I lived in New York just so I could for Zohran! I am energized by his honesty, vulnerability and his no BS pandering three thousand miles away.
Back before there were bagel joints everywhere, H&H was really special. If you went very late at night you got truly fresh bagels. It wasn't an appetizing store, just an old-school bakery, like Kossar's used to be. It's a shonda, what happened to H&H.
*shanda* (autocorrect doesn't speak Yiddish)
Counterpoint: I don't like my bagel toasted because I don't like the texture of melty cream cheese. It's slimy!
I too discovered the magic of Absolute Bagels in 1992, and miss it but I have
plenty of bagel access in Brooklyn. My order back then was sesame toasted with veggie cream cheese.
I'm not a new yorker so you do you but I feel like the NYT bagel shtick is cute cover for a whole slew of gross, explicitly anti-Jewish policies which he's enthusiastically endorsed and promoted for years.