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A short video still featuring a woman with blonde hair and a text overlay that reads "Things I prefer in the US as a German" with American and German flag emojis, and further states "I don't know why we don't have bagels in Germany."

Above this, the social media post caption reads "I can think of a reason!" The post is from "Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social."

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I just want to put it out there that not all begals are equal...

In Southern California we have places like "Einstein's Begals". These taste like soggy compressed cardboard.

In New York, however, they have these crispy, amazing circles of heaven. These are life-changing.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

you must boil them first, then bake them.

if you just bake them, all you get is a shitty dinner roll. not a bagel.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 20 points 5 months ago

If its not boiled, how can it even be called a bagel? That's false advertising...

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Yes! This is it exactly.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Do you realise that you're spelling it 'begal', and everyone else is saying bagel?

[–] Deway@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They lived in New-York, they know how to say begal.

[–] anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

They're the worst.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Maybe he's taking about dogs.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You have to put baking soda in the water too, right?

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

No, you have to put 17 million dead micro crustaceans. Orthodox Jews, who will leave the oven running all day so they don't have to push a button on the sabbath, literally made a religious exception to the shellfish rule so they could eat New York bagels.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IDK it's something about NY water that makes them taste better.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I was thinking of pretzels.