Written by: Mayukh Sen
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trvlnsandy
February 8, 2018
Why are these comments coming up now?!! This was posted over a year ago. Interesting.
W J.
February 8, 2018
Manifoldly hilarious! But since the bagel sliced this way has only one surface, what is smeared on the "outside" is also smeared on the "inside." Thus, in principle one could just dip the Moebius bagel into the vat or block of cream cheese and be done.
However, I like to slice my bagels to form a Klein Bottle so what is on the outside is also on the inside. Now where did I put my four-dimensional knife?
P.S. Read Eugenia Cheng's books. She is infinitely entertaining and likes to work food, particularly cookies and cakes, into her math discussions whenever she can.
However, I like to slice my bagels to form a Klein Bottle so what is on the outside is also on the inside. Now where did I put my four-dimensional knife?
P.S. Read Eugenia Cheng's books. She is infinitely entertaining and likes to work food, particularly cookies and cakes, into her math discussions whenever she can.
Linda
February 8, 2018
This isn't about cooking or a "better way" to cut a bagel. It's about math. And it would be a marvelous way to teach teenagers about Moibus strips. I doubt I could manage to do it, but I think it's a brilliant way to teach a mathematical concept.
Arthur M.
February 8, 2018
I did ask my Butler to open my bagel that way.
I miss him, he was the best I ever employed.
My wife refuses, even with the light off!
I miss him, he was the best I ever employed.
My wife refuses, even with the light off!
Samantha V.
August 15, 2017
It's an amusing math thing, but not practical for general eating purposes.
trvlnsandy
February 27, 2017
I still won' toast a fresh bagel - but if that's how you like it, fine. But I am going to try cutting one like this, just for the fun of it. Who knows - I might like it. Won't know until I try.
Tatiana
February 26, 2017
Clearly that was not a New York bagel. That was just a bagel shaped piece of bread from somewhere else. I know from experience. Living on the west coast, I miss New York bagels.
Liane
February 26, 2017
Is it just me? I dislike sticking a 1 1/2 - 2" diameter piece of bagel in my mouth. It's just too much to chew at once. That's why I cut them in half to eat open face style: eatability. Traditionally, delis in Philly only served bagels open face with fish and/or cream cheese. The concept of a bagel sandwich with other meats changed this.
Maedl
February 26, 2017
Considering the measly amount of cream cheese she schmears on that bagel, she doesn't know from bagels!
Robin J.
February 24, 2017
I've never done it, but I'm a mathematician (cooking is really just math in disguise) and I love anything that showcases math in cooking (and I love Möbius strips -- I just knit myself a Möbius cowl)
Daddybot
February 21, 2017
I cut my bagel into 3 and sometimes 4 slices. The idea is to maximize the surfaces for your favorite topping.
Tara T.
February 21, 2017
whhhyyyyy? why do we need to complicate the most simple things? slice. cream cheese. eat. done.
trvlnsandy
February 21, 2017
if it's a fresh bagel, shouldn't need toasting
Ann-Marie D.
February 21, 2017
I prefer to eat all bread products toasted, and especially a bagel! Spreading cream cheese on a fresh bagel is like nails on a chalkboard! :)
AndyL
February 21, 2017
Obviously you havent been to Burlington Vt and eaten one of Llyod's Montreal bagels fresh out the wood oven split and schmeared.. toast is for day olds and tossers.
trvlnsandy
February 21, 2017
that's what I've always thought. When toasted - lose the chew of the crust
Whiteantlers
February 21, 2017
No way. She had what seemed like a soft, mushy bagel. How would you toast a Mobius cut bagel? This looked like an ER visit waiting to happen.
Ann-Marie D.
February 21, 2017
This is as much nonsense as letting KellyAnne Conway on any morning show. Please stop the madness!!!
AJ K.
February 20, 2017
This is flat out strange and not useful at least for me. But i will gladly take this type of slow news day especially when it reminds me how delicious an afternoon bagel can be.
Robyn S.
February 20, 2017
Now I suddenly WANT to cut my bagel like this, but I fear that bandaids and/or a trip to the E/R might be the result, as opposed to a delicious Möbius strip -cut bagel slathered in cream cheese. I think might be a case of "if it ain't broke don't fit it."
Fredrik B.
February 20, 2017
"Mess-free" is debatable, considering her fingers are covered in cream cheese.
Tova E.
February 20, 2017
if I’m toasting, I use a fork instead of a knife and am rewarded with an extra crispy surface w nooks for soaking up butter or cream cheese
KTFoley
February 20, 2017
The "best way" to cut a bagel accounts for it likely being done before the morning caffeine hits the brain. That method fails nearly every aspect of usability testing.
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amysarah
February 20, 2017
It's 'better' because you can then apply cream cheese without the awful hardship of removing the knife? (And how exactly do you apply lox? Or explain your mangled hand in the emergency room?)
Ridiculous, but maybe a cute stunt for those inclined to order blueberry pecan bagels with low fat cream cheese.
Ridiculous, but maybe a cute stunt for those inclined to order blueberry pecan bagels with low fat cream cheese.
Jan W.
February 20, 2017
The lox thing is what got me - I don't even bother to order a bagel without lox usually, and usually I order as a platter with tomatoes, onions, capers etc - like this: https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/58/79/9e/bagel-and-lox-platter.jpg . Good luck trying to fit that in the mobius bagel.
Pastraminator
February 20, 2017
it reminded me of Calvin Trillin said when bagels were becoming popular and there was a slew of bagel related cutting injuries, He referred to the victims as ethnically challenged.
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