Where to get less expensive good bagels?

[Anonymous]

http://www.zabars.com/zabars-new-york-bagels-kosher/

[Anonymous]

http://shop.russanddaughters.com/store/product/1292/Dozen-Bagels-Plain/

Here is another place along with the best lox ever.

[Anonymous]

Bagel City on Rockville Pike has a good deal on a dozen bagels on Wednesdays. Around $8 per dozen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://shop.russanddaughters.com/store/product/1292/Dozen-Bagels-Plain/

Here is another place along with the best lox ever.

Haha, they just got a mention on the show "Girls" basically saying the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Can someone please describe what a "real" bagel is versus a fake one? You boil it, I gather. Fake ones are just chewy bread with holes. But I mean really describe the essence of the real thing. Please. Thank you from a west coast bagel non-connoissier.

[Anonymous]

A real bagel is boiled, and small, and quite dense.

[Anonymous]

They're soft and chewy but hard and dense at the same time.

[Anonymous]

And real bagels have almost a tanginess to them. Not the best word, but something along those lines.

Not near you, OP, but the bagel shop in the Bradlee center in Alexandria. Ommmm mmm mmm!

[Anonymous]

New Yorkers claim they make the best bagels because of the water. A good bagel has a nice crisp outside with a chewy not too bready but dense inside. It's an art to make a perfect bagel.

[Anonymous]

Cheap bagels Are just not worth it. Why bother?

Calvert Woodley has great bagels plus the necessary whitefish and lox to go with them.

[Anonymous]

Wegmans bagels are pretty good...$8 a dozen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much could you possibly save? $2-4 on a dz bagels? Unless you are buying 10 dz bagels a week, I cant imagine going out of your way when you already have bagels you like. And I operate on a very tight budget.

+1

[Anonymous]

Yup, Snider's is still there, and their bagels, whitefish salad, and rotisserie chickens are still yummy! Good meat and produce prices too.

[Anonymous]

Bagels are not that difficult to make if you have a stand mixer or bread maker to knead the dough. Make the dough Saturday night and let it rise in the fridge. Let your kids shape'em up in the morning, a quick baking soda bath before baking and BOOM! Bagel heaven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bagels are not that difficult to make if you have a stand mixer or bread maker to knead the dough. Make the dough Saturday night and let it rise in the fridge. Let your kids shape'em up in the morning, a quick baking soda bath before baking and BOOM! Bagel heaven.

good idea - any bread machine recipe you would recommend?