Comments on: The Death of the Bagel? http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: BagelLover http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4762 BagelLover Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:16:52 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4762 Do not mess with Jewish Soul Food! Bagels are G_d's gift to the chosen people! Do not mess with Jewish Soul Food!

Bagels are G_d’s gift to the chosen people!

]]> By: Eric Schulmiller http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4749 Eric Schulmiller Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:58:36 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4749 That sounds like a happy medium. Turning a pre-packaged commercial product into a chance to teach my son about healthier choices, cooking together, and how time invested now can lead to benefits in the future - what could be more sustainable than that? I think we need a new "eco-hacks" section to jcarrot... That sounds like a happy medium. Turning a pre-packaged commercial product into a chance to teach my son about healthier choices, cooking together, and how time invested now can lead to benefits in the future - what could be more sustainable than that? I think we need a new “eco-hacks” section to jcarrot…

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4747 Leah Koenig Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:03:45 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4747 Really Eric? Granted, I don't have kids - so I don't know what the hell I'm talking about there, but I just don't think that removing even more cooking than we already have from our lives (if you can call shmearing a bagel cooking) is a good, healthy, or sustainable idea in the long run. Do we really want to inculcate our kids with the "grab and go" mentality? This goes back to a similar conversation thread between Anna and New York Mom a couple weeks ago. http://jcarrot.org/kosher-locavore/ Maybe a happy medium would be to have your three year old help make a bunch of cream cheese bagels on a Sunday or weekday evening, so that when they're pulled out of the freezer they'll still be associated with "I/we made that" and not "that's from a box." ?? thoughts ?? Really Eric? Granted, I don’t have kids - so I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about there, but I just don’t think that removing even more cooking than we already have from our lives (if you can call shmearing a bagel cooking) is a good, healthy, or sustainable idea in the long run. Do we really want to inculcate our kids with the “grab and go” mentality?

This goes back to a similar conversation thread between Anna and New York Mom a couple weeks ago.

http://jcarrot.org/kosher-locavore/

Maybe a happy medium would be to have your three year old help make a bunch of cream cheese bagels on a Sunday or weekday evening, so that when they’re pulled out of the freezer they’ll still be associated with “I/we made that” and not “that’s from a box.” ?? thoughts ??

]]> By: Eric Schulmiller http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4746 Eric Schulmiller Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:17:50 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/the-death-of-the-bagel/#comment-4746 Sorry, Leah, but I have to disagree. Some mornings, when I'm trying to feed my 1 year old and get my three year old out the door for nursery school, I'd give my right arm for an extra thirty seconds. If there was an organic version of the pre-shmeered bagel, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. As it is, I'm almost tempted to give these Kraft ones a whirl for the occasional school lunch or quick breakfast. I guess the purist alternative "breakfast hack" would be to pre-shmear and freeze my own bagels. I bet the smaller Montreal versions would work especially well. Thanks for the idea! Sorry, Leah, but I have to disagree. Some mornings, when I’m trying to feed my 1 year old and get my three year old out the door for nursery school, I’d give my right arm for an extra thirty seconds. If there was an organic version of the pre-shmeered bagel, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. As it is, I’m almost tempted to give these Kraft ones a whirl for the occasional school lunch or quick breakfast. I guess the purist alternative “breakfast hack” would be to pre-shmear and freeze my own bagels. I bet the smaller Montreal versions would work especially well. Thanks for the idea!

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