I pulled a bag of “everything” bagels out of the freezer and put it in the fridge a few weeks ago.  It had been in the freezer for months – months and months.  “Gotta get rid of this,” I thought.  I think HFT bought it, but I can’t be sure.  But why was it there for so long?

I eat a bagel many mornings – most mornings.  I have a weird habit of putting peanut butter and slices of tomato on it.  (Not sure where I came up with this idea.  Maybe it was to get rid of the tomatoes … not sure.)  Sometimes I stack luncheon meats, cheese, lettuce, etc. to create a Dagwood.  Sometimes I just put cream cheese on it.

But most of my bagels have substance.  They are 60% Whole Wheat, 100% Whole Wheat, Ancient Grains, Cracked Wheat, 14-Grain, etc.  Real food.  But this “everything” bagel is not!  It’s basically just a simple, plain, white-bread bagel with stuff sprinkled on top.  White bread!  That’s not everything!  That’s white, lifeless, Wonder Bread goo in the form of a bagel.  So these so-called Everything Bagels never got eaten.

And then, this morning, I saw this.

Everything You Need to Know About the True Origins of the Everything Bagel

The writer of this article claims, “The everything bagel is the king of bagels. On this there should be no argument.”

So I’m here to argue today that the everything bagel is not everything it’s cracked up to be.  Its contents are, in my view, nothing. Just like so many other foods out there, it isn’t good – it just looks good from the outside.