Lately I have felt that nothing in my life is changing, and have had next to nothing to reflect on in the past few weeks. Classes started today, which should add some excitement to my week, and I also started my new job as a teaching assistant. Overall, things have been dull, but it looks like a change is on the way.
"The bagel is an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis"
Beatrice and Ira Freeman, About Bagels, NY Times, May 22 1960
Since I feel a need to write something, I have decided to be lazy and start a weekly trend of top ten lists. I would do a normal top ten list, like movies or books, but that would take an extremely long time to think about, time of which I have but don't intend to spend on blogging. I may do one of those eventually, but I would feel a need to extend the list to a "Top Twenty." I am mostly doing these lists for my own mental well being. Anyways, as the title of this entry says I will now list my top ten favorite types of Bagels. I picked bagels because I was recently at a bagel shop and I realized how many different types of bagels their are, and how great it would be to have an answer to someone who asks me "What are top ten favorite types of bagels?" The question is not if someone would ever ask such a question, but if I could blow someone away by having such unnecessary information able to be delivered at a moments notice. The bagels I list may not all be available at your local bagel shop, but I have seen them before. I haven't even tasted them all, just some of them sound like they would be good.
10. Everything - gross, thats why it is number ten
9. Cinnamon Sugar - tasty, sugary, unhealthy.....sounds good to me
8. Asiago Parmesean - those two words added to any food create greatness
7. Apple - I love everything apple, but I have never had an apple bagel that lived up to my stringent expectations
6. Pumpernickel - yum
5. Whole Wheat - plain tasting, wholesome
4. Honey Grain - messy, tasty, and oddly nostalgic to eat
3. Rosemary and Olive Oil - amazing taste; this bagel has recently rose in rankings
2. Cinnamon Raisin - a classic
1. Plain - the original, the best
Ok..... after listing these, I feel like I may have put too much thought into this. I don't eat bagels often, which allows me to be unbiased in my selection of a top ten, although I am sure my list will be contested for centuries to come by bagel enthusiasts around the world.
3 comments:
There is a bagel place in my hometown called Bagels & Brew and they have amazing cheese bagel. One has a slice of cheese melted on top and the Asiago cheese bagel is also amazing. And now I am hungry.
Do your top 10 flavors of ice cream next!
Patrick.... HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OFF BLUEBERRY!!! Its a classic.
Pat, this is a really great top ten list, someone has already added a bagel list, but I think yours is better. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and then link back to your site. We are looking for top ten lists and our users can track back to your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
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