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Bagels or doughnuts?
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Definitely, a bagel. They are so delicious. More savory. Especially, an "Everything" bagel!3
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If freshly made apple fritters are considered donuts, I would choose donuts.3
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Bagels every day over donuts.3
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Bagels, I am from NYC...4
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Bagels filled with peanut butter2
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Having figured out I might be Celiac a few years ago, I miss donuts a hell of a lot more. It's not even close. Yeah, I know they have GF donuts but they are not the same. Now, donut or Belgium Waffle (a real one with the beads of sugar), that might be a huge decision.1
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I make a lot of sushi on a regular basis. Nothing beats a good NY bagel, cream cheese, raw sushi grade (yes raw) Salmon, thinly sliced avacado, thinly sliced cucumber, Pickled Diakon radish, and some thin jullienne carrot. (think a twist on Banh Mi)5
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just_Tomek wrote: »Bagel each and every time. Bagel can easily be made into something sweet that will resemble a doughnut.
Meh. A bagel that can resemble a doughnut (other than visually, which I'm assuming is not what you meant) is not a good bagel. A doughnut should not be chewy. A bagel should not be pillowy soft.4 -
just_Tomek wrote: »Bagel each and every time. Bagel can easily be made into something sweet that will resemble a doughnut.
I'm gonna go with a no on that. A good bagel is very different from a good doughnut. Yes they both have flour, water, and some doughnuts also have yeast, but that's because they're both bread products. That's more or less where the similarities end. You could say the same about cake or the aforementioned fry bread.2 -
Hmm that photo would be about last on my list of things to eat.
Well, maybe slightly ahead of liver or tripe.
I do not like cucumber and not a great fan of raw onion.
I vote for Krispy Kreme chocolate and custard donut
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Bagel, every single time! Preferably an Onion Bagel, with Marmite melting into it’s lightly toasted inner. 🥯4
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Bagel for me, pumpernickel...3
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The bagel will keep you fuller especially with the toppings....the donut wont fill a hole for more than half an hour - that's what I find anyway, they're just a sugar hit.4
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Bagel every time - Doughnuts just do nothing for me.3
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just_Tomek wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Bagel each and every time. Bagel can easily be made into something sweet that will resemble a doughnut.
Meh. A bagel that can resemble a doughnut (other than visually, which I'm assuming is not what you meant) is not a good bagel. A doughnut should not be chewy. A bagel should not be pillowy soft.
See my reply above. Nothing to do with texture.
OK. I've been to known to use Nutella for my schmear on occasion.1 -
I'd say bagel, but I'd need more than 300 calories because Peanut Butter.3
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If I had to choose one or the other for the rest of my life, I'd choose bagels and give up doughnuts. To me, there are lots of other sweet pastries to enjoy if I had to, but there is simply nothing like a fresh baked chewy NY bagel with cream cheese. I'd miss doughnuts, but it would be worth it. Having said that, when the sweet tooth kicks in, a Boston creme or powdered lemon cream or a maple glazed doughnut with a cup of coffee sure hits the spot.
I don't think the lunch I packed is going to cut it now
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I live in NJ, where the bagels are the best in the world and better than the doughnuts, so bagel.
I envy your bagels, friend. I grew up in northeast NJ and I can still taste the deliciousness of an everything bagel with egg and cheese, or a toasted salt bagel with melted butter...
Haven’t lived there for 20 years...haven’t had a decent bagel since.
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I prefer savoury over sweet, so bagel for me. I love it just toasted and buttered, though I won't say no to a layer of herb garlic cream cheese.3
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You know, if it is a nice soft multigrain bagel, yes please, and hold the cream cheese. Donuts are a fave of mine as well.... So I am conflicted on what I would choose.0
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Donut. A good fresh chocolate long john or glazed donut or even a bag full of donut holes and I am in heaven. Bagels are nice, but I prefer the fluffy, fried goodness of a donut.1
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I like them both. Plain or whole wheat/honey wheat Bagel with garden vegetable cream cheese with fresh fruit works better for lunch. Also, those little pizza bagel bites can be quite addictive. Doughnuts would be preferred for breakfast. The ones with strawberry icing and sprinkles are great!
A - bagels
B - doughnuts
C - all of the above
C) for me.
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Depends what I feel like
Fresh warm bagels form the local Montreal style bagel place are amazing
Then again a freshly made donut is delicious.
Basically I'll take either1 -
1st choice is an everything bagel. 2nd choice is a blueberry donut. After that, I don't really care.0
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Hard question
Chocolate donuts or a blt bagel
I'd probably choose blt more filling1 -
For today's indulgence, I went ALL OUT.
Everything bagel with lox the way the shop likes to make it.
Schmear of cream cheese (although I think they could use a bit less), tomato, generous portion of REALLY GOOD LOX, red onion, green onion, and capers. Since there was already too much cream cheese, a little more fat wasn't going to hurt, so I sprinkled on some of the little crispy crunchy cheese bits that fall off the cheese bagels and bake on the oven floor. They have a bowl out for customer use that they call cheese sprinkles. They also have a bowl of what they call "everything sprinkles," and that's what it sounds like - little bits from all the flavors that fall off before they get baked. That includes garlic, onion, salt, sesame seed, and poppy seed. They don't put raisins, jalapenos, or cheese on the everything bagels, but the do put cheese on the fire sticks (jalapeno dough with cheddar, but stick shaped not round).
I need not say again, if given the choice of ONE, either bagel or doughnut, I'd walk right past the doughnut. I feel so sad for those here that would be unable to choose. You will go hungry while the rest of us get ONE choice
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Let's say you have 300 calories to spend and you want something round with a hole in the middle made from flour.
Bagel, or doughnut?
My favorite bagel shop shut down about two decades ago. They just opened back up in November! I go once or twice a week. Nothing like a good, fresh bagel. It doesn't even need to be toasted.
Of course if you add cream cheese you're probably looking at a lot MORE calories, but also some healthy fat and some protein.
When people bring doughnuts to work, I have a relatively easy time avoiding them. Not my fave. But my colleague brought in some bagels the other day, and.... Yeah. I had to.
My vote: Bagel EVERY time.
Bagel, because my favourite are the thin variety—I can eat two for the calories of a regular one if I *really* wanted to.
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Bagel avocado toast on the regular, donut on rare special occasions.2
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