Is a bagel still a bagel if it doesn't have a hole?

[vi edit]

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[Pastore]

Dictionary.com says...

ba·gel Pronunciation Key (bgl)
n.
A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.

 

[tweakmm]

a flute with no hole is not a flute as a donut with no hole is a danish

 

[vi edit]

I wasn't sure if it was the hole, the texture, or the combination of the two that made a bagel a bagel

 

[Leetman]

No way! ^_^

 

[Rallispec]

what would it be then?

 

[Azraele]

Is a bagel still a bagel if it doesn't have a hole?

If someone asked you to close your eyes and then gave you a bite of a bagel with no hole, what would you say you'd taken a bite of?

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Azraele

Is a bagel still a bagel if it doesn't have a hole?

If someone asked you to close your eyes and then gave you a bite of a bagel with no hole, what would you say you'd taken a bite of?

If the bagel was big enough, and I didn't bite clear through it to the hole, then I'd say it was a bagel.

 

[geno]

The way bagels are made dictates there has to be a hole (unless you make the bagel so fat, that as it bakes it closes up, then that's just a crappy bagel)

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
a flute with no hole is not a flute as a donut with no hole is a danish

A real Danish is something completely different from a donut, and I don't mean people from Denmark.

For the Bagel I'd say yes. It's still a compact heavy piece of bread.