Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Are You There, Bagels? Its Me, Alli...


As much as I am loving Mobile, I am having an issue with something.  I cannot find a good bagel.  I mean, I can find a bagel at Panera, but it’s not a REAL bagel.  I want a bagel like the ones from the tiny, overcrowded deli with angry waitresses.  Its weird; all of a sudden, the Jew in me is not satisfied.  I am ok with the fact that I have not been to temple, but I am NOT ok with the fact that I have not had a real bagel.  (Sorry, Bubbie!)

Before I moved here,  I never had to worry about where my bagels were going to come from.  They just showed up in a hot brown bag Sunday mornings (Thanks, Dad!).  So to fill this void in my soul/belly, we took matters into our own hands.  Literally.  We made bagels.  I never even fathomed the thought of making bagels, but Jaron, of course, knew it was possible.

It went a little something like this:

Rolling the dough into "snakes" and attaching the ends...


 
 Like so.


Doughy....


Boiling the doughy bagels...Whooda thunk it?





Fresh out the oven...Too bad you can't smell these.  
They smell like Awesomeville.

Did they come out like I had hoped?  No.  They tasted just like Lenders bagels. You know, the kind you buy in a bag that are mass produced by a machine in a factory.  I want the ones made by a big fat dude in the back of the overcrowded deli being yelled at by the angry waitresses.  Maybe next time I will let Jaron do all the work...and I will yell at him….just for good measure. 

PS:  Jaron is not a big fat dude.
PPS:  I had to say that otherwise he won’t make me bagels anymore.

5 comments:

  1. Alli, this is hilarious. I have the beginnings of a very similar post. Including the photos of the sad Panera bagel.

    Ach. I may still post anyway.

    This is a major downside of living in Alabama.

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  2. Post it!! I'm so glad you share the same issues! :)

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  3. HAHAHAH I love your PPS. Please sell your blog as a book. I will buy 156790 copies (of course, you'll have to comp them cause I have no money but still).

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  4. WELL LETS COMPARE OUR FIRST CARS
    MY FIRST THE 1962 CHEVY BELAIR.IT HAD DUAL A/C
    MEANING AIR BLOWING FROM THE TOP AND BOTTOM ALL WINOWS OPEN AND LARGE HOLES IN THE FLOOR.MUSCLE POWERED STEERING.ONE BROKEN MANUAL SIDE MIRROR.HAND POWERED WINDOWS.WHAT SEAT BELTS? MANUAL DOOR LOCK ONLY ONE WORKED.ALARM NO SUCH THING BACK THEN.WHAT CARPET? WHAT HORN? WHAT GAS TANK? HAD A 5 GALLON GAS CAN ON THE PASSENGER SEAT WITH A HOSE RUNNING TO THE AGAIN,MANUAL FUEL PUMP.WHAT FUEL GAUGE? LIFTING THE GAS CAN WAS MY GAUGE.WHAT RADIO? A PHILCO PORTABLE RADIO BIG BUILT IN SPEAKER THOUGH NICE SOUND. SO NOW! YOU THINK YOUR CAR WAS EMBRASSING?
    YES I THINK I BEAT THE 86 WAGON! BESIDES A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS IT WAS A PRETTY NICE BELAIR.I HAVE TO ADMIT,I DONT MISS IT.

    PS.I DO SAY THE 86 WAGON WAS A PRETTY NICE ALL POWER CAR.

    LOVE YOU! LOVE POPDADDY.

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  5. FORGOT TO MENTION I PAID $50.00 FOR THE 62
    BELAIR.

    I THINK I WAS RIPPED OFF

    POPDADDY

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