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Why Don't More Mini Bagels Exist?
"A normal-sized bagel cut in half does not count.
What if normal-sized bagels stopped being the norm and mini bagels stepped up to replace them? The status quo for bagel sizes has reached massive carb-bomb levels. After finishing one, which is rare, I don't feel like starting a day. I want to blob into slumberland and never move again—at least for the next hour or so.
During our recent NYC bagel taste test we munched through wedges from various bagelries and the entire time I just kept thinking, how lame would it be to eat a whole one of these? Even if it was tasty enough for those three chews, sticking to that single flavor the whole time? Bor-ing. I usually stop tasting anything about halfway through.
The mini bagel is just the right size, has a good crust-to-chewy ratio, the hole looks proportional, and following the mini principle, it automatically inspires an "awwww, look at that! Just look at it!!" Maybe this is me fantasizing about more doll-sized food existing in the human world, but I just really support mini bagels. And a normal-sized bagel cut in half does not count.
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