I love bagels but haven't bought them in years - at least 5, maybe more.

I received a coupon for buy 6, get 6 from a local bagel store. Sounded good - let's try bagels again.

I figured it would cost about $7-8. Ha.

I paid with a credit card but didn't look at the cost. When I looked later, it was an astonishing $16!

I called the store thinking it was at least double charged. Nope, that's the price of 6 bagels.

Wow! May be known to all of you. I was shocked.

That's obcene ,
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I wonder if they were half that price ,the week before

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I just wish one could get a decent bagel around here. You know, like the ones they sell on every street corner in NYC.

Out of curiosity I checked the price at the local Einstein bagels and they start at $2.29 for plain bagel. Blueberry, Asiago and chocolate chip are 20 cents more. Couldn’t tell you what they were before as I haven’t bought from there in years, we used to get a dozen from there every now and then and you got your dozen of smear, seems maybe around $20 or so.

A dozen w/ smear for $20 seems reasonable - what I was thinking.

$16 of 6, no smear was a surprise. $2.50 per bagel + tax. It's like 2 bagels or a loaf of bread....

I've been ordering two 'baker's dozens' (13 ea.) on a Tuesday, every month from Panera Bread. Just under $9 each 'dozen'. They have that special just on Tuesdays. I get them unsliced, put them in the freezer, and pull one out when needed.

Donuts is my measure. Late 90s, I would bring a dozen to work for $3.50. Then it became $6.00.
I get a donut now for over $1.30 each with no volume discounts.

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Originally posted by architect:
I just wish one could get a decent bagel around here. You know, like the ones they sell on every street corner in NYC.

I am from Long Island so I know Pizza and Bagels! The best bagels in Northern Virginia are Wegman's and Lidl. Still looking for GOOD pizza.

Are you getting them from Einstein's Bagels, they're $2.50 apiece. Their bagels are too soft for my tastes anyways. Central Market near my house has freshly made boiled NY style bagels for $1.40 ea., but I mainly get ours from Costco- two six packs (12) of Everything bagels for 8-9 bucks. We freeze them and thaw and toast them when needed.

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Originally posted by Focused:
[QUOTE]The best bagels in Northern Virginia are Wegman's and Lidl. Still looking for GOOD pizza.

I am banned from Wegman's by the wife "too pretentious," never been in a Lidl.

You can get decent pizza at any of the Gourmet Pizza Deli (AKA Lost Dog Cafe) locations, but most of their recipes are not NY style. The corporate stores are uniformly good, the franchises can vary.

I've found, there is just enough cream cheese in a new slab, for two bagels. And real butter ? My bagel becomes a saturated mess which I love. Good stuff.

My wife got one from a local coffee shop that brags about making them every morning - $4 each.

Make them. It's not difficult.

$16/dozen locally at Black Hills Bagels

Decent, easy, make at home.

1 cup Greek Yogurt (Plain)
! cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
T teaspoon kosher salt

Mix the dough, roll into a ball, then cut it into four. Round out these 4, squish them, and poke a hole in the middle.
Add topping if desired.
Bake 25 min 375°


If you are a decent baker, boil the raw dough for 1-2 min, drain out of the boiling water, transfer to a cookie sheet, then bake.

This is easy and quick.

Just bought an everything bagel with no smear with tax 2.05 at Panera.

Check the freezer section of your grocery store. Ray's New York Bagels are pretty good. When they're not on sale, they're $4.99 / half dozen at Publix.

Thanks guys. Sounds like mostly in the current ballpark.

I may try making them - thanks! Dumb question: what's the difference between boiling and not boiling the dough? I think usually bagels are boiled but not sure why.

I'll look for bagels in the frozen section. I rarely buy stuff from the frozen section except ice cream and peas.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Check the freezer section of your grocery store. Ray's New York Bagels are pretty good. When they're not on sale, they're $4.99 / half dozen at Publix.

No self-respecting person from the NY Metro area would ever eat a frozen bagel. Are you meshuggeneh?

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Originally posted by konata88:
Dumb question: what's the difference between boiling and not boiling the dough? I think usually bagels are boiled but not sure why.

After making the dough and shaping them, they are boiled on each side in a kettle of water with malt syrup added and then baked. Boiling gives the bagel the shiny distinctive surface finish and also the chewy texture, something just baking will not achieve. My wife and I tried making bagels maybe 20 years ago using a N.Y. style recipe, and they turned out OK, but IMO a lot of work for something that is subpar to a great bagel purchased elsewhere. Not boiling gives you a soft roll-like version of a bagel. Einsteins steam their bagels for a brief moment and they have a softer texture, I hear this is ideal for making sandwiches, but I prefer a very chewy bagel. Costco is OK and a bargain but occasionally I eat a more NY bagel. And it's been awhile, but Rays NY bagels in the frozen section are decent also.