Fairmount has street party for bagels
Fairmount Bagel held a street party Saturday to celebrate its centenary. I am shocked – shocked! – that sesame are more popular than poppy seed, which are so clearly the supreme form of the bagel.
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Kate
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Tim F 09:08 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
Wow. I wish I knew about this yesterday.
Also, hard disagree. I enjoy the odd poppy, but sesame is where it’s at.
Kate 09:19 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
I didn’t know about it till it was reported in retrospect.
Thing about sesame is the surface is a little softer because of the oil from the seeds. Poppy seeds don’t have any oil to leak, so the surface is crisper and more delicate.
Michael Black 09:34 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
I saw something ahead of time, assumed it got good travel before the fact. Sorry.
I’ve never had poppy seeds, always sesame, going back to 1975 when we got bagels at St. Viateur going somewhere.
Though since on if the bagel grandchildren admits it, I like the cinammon, but can’t remember if they have raisins or if that’s a separate bagel.
Other than that time in 1975, I think I’ve always gone to Fairmount, though that was helped because I knew someone near there thirty years ago so Fairmount was most convenient.
I admit to making bagels once, about that time. I can’t remember how they turned out.
Michael
jeather 12:40 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
Kate, I can’t believe how wrong you are.
Also just looking inside one should make sesame being the (deservedly) dominant form obvious, they are always pulling out fresh sesame. My grandfather used to wait for fresh poppy.
Blork 12:42 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
I too prefer the crisper texture of poppy bagels (“black” to old-schoolers). Plus, if you eat about 40 of them you get the tiniest opium buzz.
jeather 13:03 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
I always call them white seed. The employees still understand.
dwgs 19:59 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
Always happy to have a fresh sesame bagel but poppyseed is obviously superior. Jeather, I’m sure that Johnny Walker Red outsells MacAllan 25 by a wide margin but that does not make it a better whisky.
CE 20:06 on 2019-09-08 Permalink
I’ve always preferred the poppy seed bagels over sesame but since they’re so much less popular, it’s very rare to get them fresh. If I’m buying a bunch to take home and freeze, I usually get the all dressed.
Vazken 02:08 on 2019-09-09 Permalink
I too am a poppy seed fan, the texture is better and reminds me of summer school when I was a kid.
However, I always get a dozen of what’s hot so it’s always sesame 🙁
jeather 08:04 on 2019-09-09 Permalink
Sometimes you need to make a price/quality tradeoff, but not with sesame vs poppy bagels.