2006-11-24 04:30:40 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's the traditional Jewish shape.
2006-11-24 04:47:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Real home cooked bagels don't generally have holes in the middle.
Check out Nigella Lawsons book .. forgot which one, but she explains it.
2006-11-24 20:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by elin j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without the holes they'd just be rolls!
2006-11-25 05:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have only just "discovered" bagels, they are lovely, i like the onion ones best
2006-11-24 13:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by captain jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easier to mass produce
2006-11-24 12:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A baker was trying to make polo mints
2006-11-24 12:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by SteveT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's to allow the air to circulate whilst they're drying and cooling
2006-11-25 07:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if they didn't have a hole it would be just another piece of bread its what makes them different
2006-11-25 16:18:58 · answer #8 · answered by dermisil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're a supermarket chain, you should know that yourself!! What a stupid question! But then what do you expect from a crap supermarket!!
2006-11-25 12:18:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make them lighter
2006-11-24 12:38:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you can string a string though um' and make a neckless!
2006-11-24 12:38:31 · answer #11 · answered by Sissy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋