What rules? The bagel or a bialy?
I LOVE both and can only choose one or the other based on location, time of day and if toppings and toasting are involved. What's your preference?
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19 Comments:
I have to go with the BIALY!
izatryt at 10:25AM on 06/20/08
I love both as well. I only met a Bialy about 5 years ago for the first time, and it certainly was love at first bite. When my husband works in the city, he always brings a dozen from Kossar's. But when Bialys are not available, bagels work just fine.
brooke29 at 10:46AM on 06/20/08
Bagel, by default. I live 2.5 hours away from the city, and bialys are practically unheard of here. So, I personally like a bagel, but I think you should have a bialy because it is available to you, and a little more "special."
Kerosena at 11:17AM on 06/20/08
Bialy. The butter-bending bialy. :)
foodvox at 11:25AM on 06/20/08
As a kid, I loved huge bagels - the bigger the better. Smothered in cream cheese and lox. Now that I no longer have the metabolism of a gazelle, I love my bialies. All the wonderful mouth feelgoods, crunch (when toasted), and a mouthful of oniony goodness to boot!
chiff0nade at 11:40AM on 06/20/08
OK, first of all this is like comparing apples and oranges. Each one serves a purpose. I've never put lox and cream cheese on a bialy. I mean who ever wakes up on Sunday morning and says "Let's have bialys and lox for breakfast"? We always had bagels but for some reason bialys were always a special treat. Bialys are generally too thin to really slice so toast it and slather it with unsalted butter and ess gezundteh heit!!
RichardCrystal at 1:02PM on 06/20/08
Love both! But if I'm ordering, I'll have the bialy. In the summer, toasted with a little bit of butter and fresh slices of tomato (hold the salmonella) with a tiny sprinkling of salt. Outside of summer it's toasted with the thinnest spread of cream cheese. YUM!
CookiePie at 1:04PM on 06/20/08
I've never had a bialy. I've been dying to try one bc of all the stuff I've read about em here on SE, but do you know how much Kossar's charges to overnight bialies?! I just can't spend $58 on a dozen bialies...I'll just have to wait until I'm in the city again in several months.
So until I've had a bialy, it's the bagel, by default. Everything-bagels or onion-bagels. With cream cheese and lox and paper thin slices of red onion. or as a hummus & shredded veggies sandwich (carrots, radish, sliced cukes, tomato, & alfalfa sprouts). or make tuna melts.
wookie at 1:33PM on 06/20/08
I agree with Wookie...and I'll add capers to that bagel mix. I've had bialys over the years and love them but there's a definite place and time for both of them: two different animals.
bessfour at 3:14PM on 06/20/08
They don't have bialys where I live, so I made some. I used this recipe which turned out quite well, except the parchment paper got stuck to the bottom of the bialys during baking.
Norlinda at 3:15PM on 06/20/08
I like both....but given my username, I think you guys know where I really stand!
bialy at 5:57PM on 06/20/08
Okay I don't get to go to the city too often and have never had a bialy. When I go, where's the best place to try one?
ReneeRobinson at 7:02PM on 06/20/08
Bialys have an interesting texture, but I don't like onions and the only bialys I've seen have been topped with onions.
HeartofGlass at 7:08PM on 06/20/08
I love bagels ............ I eat Bialys once in a while with lots of butter right on top of the onions!!!!!
rabbitriddle at 7:52PM on 06/20/08
Okay, so I live in Southern California and have probably never had a proper
bagel or bialy! The only bialy I have ever encountered had onions on it.
Is that the only way it comes? (not that I am complaining, I love onions &
onion bagels) I thought it was delish. And thanks guys for the heat wave,
It just hit So. Cal. !!
stacemace at 10:11PM on 06/20/08
Bagels. A smoked cheddar bagel, toasted and spread with green olive cream cheese. Holy smokes.
smile at 11:57AM on 06/21/08
Bialy!! Definitely a well toasted bialy, hands down..
trb1148 at 4:08PM on 06/21/08
Despite my Jewish/Yiddish roots...I'd have to go bagel over bialy. Don't tell anyone.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 3:55PM on 06/23/08
Bagel for sure
Lisa
someonespoilme at 6:43PM on 07/21/08