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Bagels are the only traditional bread item that are boiled before
they’re baked. Once shaped, they’re dropped in rapidly boiling
water for 3-5 minutes on each side. They’re then drained and baked for
another 10 minutes or so—never fried!
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The origin of the word “bagel” is unclear. Some say it comes from
the German verb “biegen”, which means “to bend”. Others say it’s from the
Yiddish “beygel”, (itself a derivation of the German “beugel”, meaning “ring”
or “bracelet”).
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One bit of bagel lore has it that the bagel was invented in 1683,
when a baker in Vienna baked a hard roll in the shape of a stirrup —
"bügel" in German — as a thank-you gesture to the cavalry-leading King John III
Sobieski of Poland, who had saved the city from Turkish invaders. (Source:
foodreference.com)
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Prepackaged bagels first became available in grocery stores in the
1950s. In 1960, the frozen bagel made its debut. (Source: Einstein Brothers
History of Bagels)
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America's favorite pizza topping is pepperoni, with 36% of all
pizza orders demanding it on top. (Source: ezinearticles.com)
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