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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

Fake food. Fake nutrition. Real obesity.

LeeBee at 2:00PM on 02/27/08

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Cook the Book: Frito Pie

On a layover in Dallas I saw my pilot-to-be eating a Frito Pie in the airport lounge at 8 in the morning!!! OMG I said, are you going to fly the plane after eating that for breakfast??? He just smiled, and with his best Texas drawl, said "Definitely, Ma'am".

LeeBee at 2:03PM on 01/30/08

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What little food "luxuries" do you allow yourself?

I bought grass fed beef at the Farmer's Market a few weeks ago and although it is pricey I will never go back to eating commercially grown beef. The taste is soooo much better, I'd sooner eat it less often and have the real deal.

LeeBee at 1:58PM on 01/30/08

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Pernil Recipe

Follow up on that Wild Boar Pernil. It came out great - really tender and yummy. I pretty much let it cook all day on low heat - covered. Thanks for the input.

LeeBee at 10:59AM on 01/30/08

From Recipes

Whole Wheat S'more Cookies

I think graham crackers are already whole wheat, aren't they?

LeeBee at 2:52PM on 01/21/08

From Talk

Pernil Recipe

Thanks, will do that! I wondered if covering would help - since most Pernil recipes call for uncovered but Boar is ...well, tough would be an understatement, wouldn't it. I'll let you know how it turns out.

LeeBee at 11:48AM on 01/20/08

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Pernil Recipe

Nelson, I came across your recipe for Pernil which you posted last year and am in the process of making one right now. The difference is I am using a Wild Boar Shoulder, that was given to me by a hunter friend. Since you seem very knowledgeable about it - I was wondering if you think I need to add some fat - a lot of wild game recipes call for bacon - or if you think that the slow cooking will tenderize the meat enough with what little fat is there.
Thanks, LeeBee

LeeBee at 10:08AM on 01/19/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

SJR Foods also has a filled bagel called The Unholey Bagel. No hole and filled.

millybree at 10:17PM on 08/31/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

I am in love with these bagels. I have tried the bagelfuls, cinnamon and strawberry. I am especially addicted to the strawberry flavor. It is a plain bagel with different kinds of cream cheese in the middle. My family and I have gone through 12-15 boxes of the strawberry bagelfuls. I could not find them at one store, so I bought regular bagels and strawberry cream cheese, and even though it was good, it was no where as good as the bagelfuls. They are great, easy, convenient, and delicious. The only problem is eating just 1, and not wanting to eat the whole box. The price is not too bad either, 4 bagels for $2.19.

kass12 at 8:20AM on 06/16/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

I have to agree with Sara! I just tried one this morning (part of being an underpaid editor is never turning down free food) from the cart that was set up outside my office, and it actually inspired me to google it, I was so surprised by how good it was.

The thing is, it's weird, it doesn't actually taste like a bagel and cream cheese. I've seen Gothamist and Consumerist flipping out about how it's a sin to eat one of these in NYC, since we have some pretty awesome bagels here. But this isn't something I would eat if I were in the mood for a bagel and cream cheese. I would eat it if I were in the mood for a Bagelful. The cheese inside tastes more like the cheese in a blintz than straight up Philly cream cheese. it's almost sweet -- maybe it's the bagel dough they use? And I'm assuming they used a convection oven or something, because the crunch was amazing, while the inside stayed soft.

So thumbs up to this! Mind you, I'm not a very picky eater, but, being from here, I am a New York food snob (only our pizza and bagels are true Pizza and Bagels, blah blah), and I still thought this was great.

(Okay, maybe great is a little much. But it was definitely not the abomination everyone's making it out to be. And I probably wouldn't actually buy it, but if someone yelled at me "delicious and free!" on my way to work, waving it, I would definitely eat it.)

karatemonkey at 10:47AM on 04/09/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

I actually tried them last week and they are awesome!! Made with real cream cheese. Texture is good and its not too soggy, doughy, or hard. I wish people would wait to try a product before judging it.

Sara Nelson at 1:55AM on 04/04/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

I dont really understand why some of you are so bent out of shape about a product that 99% of you have never tried. I have actually tried a product very similar to this and it was amazing! I did some research on this upcoming product and came to find out that not only are they using "real" cream cheese, but it is made with real bagel dough. If you dont want to take my word for it , i guess you will just have to wait and see the product before you critique it so harshly!

spew99 at 6:28PM on 03/06/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

Pretty sure I just had a bagel with cream cheese this morning and "making it easier" was never something that crossed my mind while doing it. This is just a little bit absurd.

Rozillla at 4:09PM on 03/01/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

Nothing says director of marketing more than calling people consumers, and calling breakfast a meal occasion instead of a meal.

Barbara Hanson at 2:09PM on 02/28/08

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I Am Tired of Spreading Cream Cheese on a Bagel for Myself

The absolute height of laziness. The whole world has bastardized the bagel to begin with, but that's for another topic.

RichardCrystal at 3:09PM on 02/27/08

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What little food "luxuries" do you allow yourself?

If anyone has ever heard of Smoothie King...

Until my local one closed about a month ago, I would go 2 or 3 times a week and spend $3.81 on a coffee smoothie. If anyone has had a frappucino from Starbuck's, those don't even compare. The Smoothie King coffee smoothies are so thick and creamy and the perfect meal or afternoon treat. I was honestly depressed when the restaurant closed (and talking about it now just makes me want one more!!)

It's saving me money at the very least...

luswim06 at 2:32PM on 01/30/08

From Talk

What little food "luxuries" do you allow yourself?

country hen brand eggs. they're eight bucks a dozen, which is sort of ridiculous, but they're really delicious -- and one of what laurie colwin called life's cheap luxuries.

when i can, though, i try to get eggs at the greenmarket.

cybercita at 2:29PM on 01/30/08