Related story - a friend had crashed at my apartment and in the morning I offered to pick up bagels from the place down the street. He thanked me, and I came back a few minutes later, bearing the best goddamn bagels in California. He said, "Where's the cream cheese?" I said, "You didn't ask for cream cheese." He said that with bagels it's implied, because "otherwise it's just bread." I said, ". . . I don't see the problem here."
I have told this story to many people and not one of them has sided with me.
I’m with you but it depends on the bagel and that’s probably the problem.
Many people only really have experience with like frozen/mass produced bagels, which are not good dry. Good toasted with cream cheese or butter, but not dry (speaking from intensely lazy experience).
But if you get one of the good ones that’s baked with cheese and is just soaked with delicious? Made by a good bakery? No question I’ll eat that dry. It doesn’t need extra if you make it right.
Yes, but no toppings other than salt and pepper.
Related story - a friend had crashed at my apartment and in the morning I offered to pick up bagels from the place down the street. He thanked me, and I came back a few minutes later, bearing the best goddamn bagels in California. He said, "Where's the cream cheese?" I said, "You didn't ask for cream cheese." He said that with bagels it's implied, because "otherwise it's just bread." I said, ". . . I don't see the problem here."
I have told this story to many people and not one of them has sided with me.
I mean...
I've eaten bagels with just butter or margarine, but you gotta put something on there. Just a bagel would be weird.
They were already everything bagels. What more could be necessary?
I’m with you but it depends on the bagel and that’s probably the problem.
Many people only really have experience with like frozen/mass produced bagels, which are not good dry. Good toasted with cream cheese or butter, but not dry (speaking from intensely lazy experience).
But if you get one of the good ones that’s baked with cheese and is just soaked with delicious? Made by a good bakery? No question I’ll eat that dry. It doesn’t need extra if you make it right.