OT: Bagels...

[Randallw]

I have to point out I am slowly losing weight and I don't drink anything with caffeine in it. No Coffee or cola. All I drink is water and fruit juice (Apple, prune). I quit chips and other snack food and have been slowly losing weight since.

[Renegade 13]

AgentZero said:
Victory would appear to be mine.

It would indeed!

As for weight-to-height ratio, it all depends on your body type. My sister, for example, is 5'11" tall, and weighs in at a paltry 115 pounds. However, she simply can't gain weight, she eats whatever she wants, and stays rail-thin. Perhaps that's the point at which her body 'likes' to be?

On the other side of the coin, one of my uncles is 6'6" tall, and probably around 220 pounds, and in decent shape. But he's a big-boned guy, has an active lifestyle, so he's in good shape for his body-type and lifestyle.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Pistachios are addictive. I start eating them and the next thing I know, I'm half-full.

[Randallw]

If I started eating them, next I know i'd be half dead. Unless I use my epinephrine.

[dmm]

It is hard to find good bagels. I agree with you that, in most places, most bagels are lousy. (Actually, where I live, ALL baked goods are mostly lousy.)

But a GOOD bagel -- like you get routinely in NY or Philly -- is awesome. The outside is tough, almost but not quite crunchy. The inside is soft and doughy, but not airy. The aroma is amazing.

Properly-made bagels are most definitely NOT "bread shaped like a torus." The recipe is different, and you boil them for a while before baking them.

[geoschmo]

dmm said:
But a GOOD bagel -- like you get routinely in NY or Philly -- is awesome. The outside is tough, almost but not quite crunchy. The inside is soft and doughy, but not airy. The aroma is amazing.

Well GREAT! Now my stomach is rumbling.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Bah. Be happy it is. I'm on day three of an allergy strike and all I've eaten in three days is some stew (Day one), some buns (Day two) and two cans of pineapple (Days two and today).