bagels or pitta bread?

[moonsi til]

I'm eating a lot of bay-gulls at the moment as they make a easy lunch at work. I just had a onion bay-gull with cream cheese & cherry toms on the side. This has been my lunch for all of the summer and I can do 5 lunches for £4. The other week I was mostly eating multi seed.

 

[ringo]

bay-gulls is how they're pronounced aren't they?

Not if you're Jewish. As explained in my post.

 

[strung out]

how is bai-gels pronounced then?

 

[ringo]

how is bai-gels pronounced then?

Oh right, the English/American is BAY, the Jewish is BY or BI as in bicycle.

 

[moonsi til]

^^^ I'm trying but I can't seem to pronounce it without a high pitched squeaky voice!...

 

[Orang Utan]

Not if you're Jewish. As explained in my post.

you didn't make it clear about the pronunciation in your post though
i'm sure plenty of jews pronounce it bay-gull

 

[The Octagon]

OU is correct. Doner meat and chips ftw.

Doner meat and fresh coleslaw is fucking lovely too.

Oh, Pitta for hummous / taramasalata dipping option, Bagels for a superior sandwich.

And toasted English muffins for Bacon / Egg sarnies *drools*

 

[Orang Utan]

Doner meat and fresh coleslaw is fucking lovely too.

putting cold things right next to warm things is mostly wrong, in a food-based context
salad should always be served seperately - for some reason some households have started having their salad at the same time of their main courses. this is unforgiveable.

 

[ringo]

you didn't make it clear about the pronunciation in your post though
i'm sure plenty of jews pronounce it bay-gull

Yes, that's why I added another explanation when I saw that it wasn't clear.

I expect they do, obviously I'm talking about the traditional Jewish accented mannerisms, like saying Oy vey!

 

[Onket]

all those things are shit - they're just edible plates

An edible plate is a step up from a non-edible plate though, surely.

 

[Orang Utan]

i don't see it that way

 

[Onket]

Eating the container your food comes in has got to be better than washing it up, littering with it, burning it or putting it in landfill.

I'm no hippy, but.....

 

[Orang Utan]

Eating the container your food comes in has got to be better than washing it up, littering with it, burning it or putting it in landfill.

I'm no hippy, but.....

what about if you just use it over and over and over again, like a plate?

 

[Onket]

You have to wash it up.

 

[ringo]

^^^ I'm trying but I can't seem to pronounce it without a high pitched squeaky voice!...

You have to wave your hands in the air as well

 

[Orang Utan]

You have to wash it up.

would still rather eat off a proper plate

 

[strung out]

so today i made bagels

 

[Proper Tidy]

are they not donuts?

 

[Onket]

Your hob top is very clean.

 

[strung out]

are they not donuts?

nope. similar shape though so i can see why you might have thought that.

 

[strung out]

Your hob top is very clean.

thanks

 

[Proper Tidy]

I've only ever seen shop bought bagels before

 

[Onket]

I'm quite hungry now.

 

[strung out]

I've only ever seen shop bought bagels before

me too, which is why i thought i'd make my own. they taste pretty good! it's fun when you do the bit where you boil them.

 

[crustychick]

pitta bread from the supermarkets are shit. home-made pitta is awesome.

shop bought bagels are better than shop bought pitta. so i voted bagel. never had "proper" bagels but I bet they shit all over proper pitta. nom. onion bagels are my favourite. am I wrong?

edit: I would like to try to make bagels

 

[strung out]

next time i'm going to make onion bagels i think, or possibly cinnamon and raisin.

 

[tarannau]

Is it wrong to say that I find traditional bagels sometimes a bit too solid and chewy? I know that's how they should be authentically like, but I'm not averse to the partbaked jobbies in the supermarket that are a bit crispy and covered in seeds. Call me a heathen, but sometimes they're alright too.

That said, my days of coming back via a bagel shop at 5am post clubbing seem a long time ago

 

[becki1701]

Caramelised onion and poppyseed bagels are made of win, toasted and buttered....uhh

*bagelgasm*

 

[Proper Tidy]

Naans are better than both bagels and pittas

 

[becki1701]

Naans are better than both bagels and pittas

This is true....garlic naan.......uhhh

*naangasm*