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How do you eat Bagels with Cream Cheese?

Open faced.
15
63%
Like a sandwich.
5
21%
No Bagels. Bagels are the devil.
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17%
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By winterflames (Derek Marlar)
 - Delta Quadrant
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#544918
I am tired of game controversy and political controversy and literary controversy.

So how about a bit of breakfast controversy?

My second born and my step -father eat their bagel and cream cheese like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, bagel half-cream cheese-bagel half.
My mother and I eat them open faced, bagel half-cream cheese, then another, separate and discrete bagel half-cream cheese.

Which way is normal? How do you eat bagels with cream cheese? For this question we are not considering any other uses for bagels, be they egg sandwiches or pizza.
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#544928
I am currently in Camp Derek. I occasionally get real fancy and buy lox to go on top of the cream cheese, but that is a Sometimes Treat.

That being said, I used to eat a toasted bagel PB&J every morning for breakfast when I was living in the dorm at college. Mmmmm, melting peanut butter...
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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
 - Delta Quadrant
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#544933
Ok, first time I read the question I read it like "HOW DO YOU EAT BEAGELS..."
Now I'm just glad this controversy isn't about eating dogs.
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By MidnightLich (Charlie Plaine)
 - Director of First Edition
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#544934
I do both.

If I'm on the go, or packing it for later, it's sandwich style.

If I'm sitting down to eat, it's open faced style.

-crp
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By The Ninja Scot (Michael Van Breemen)
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#544944
I put the bagel in my mouth. I eat it. I might get another, depending on how many are left. Note - pretty much the only time I eat bagels is when they're given freely at work. I don't particularly like them but it's free food.

Michael.
who doesn't pass up free food
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By BCSWowbagger (James Heaney)
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#544948
Why would I ruin a perfectly nice bagel with cream cheese? I demand a poll option for me!

Acceptable bagel toppings:
Butter
Peanut butter
(in 1E terms, "any butter")
Plain
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By MidnightLich (Charlie Plaine)
 - Director of First Edition
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#544951
BCSWowbagger wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:34 pm Why would I ruin a perfectly nice bagel with cream cheese?
You're fired!

-crp

PS: You're not actually fired.
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By BCSWowbagger (James Heaney)
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#544953
MidnightLich wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:23 pm
BCSWowbagger wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:34 pm Why would I ruin a perfectly nice bagel with cream cheese?
You're fired!

-crp

PS: You're not actually fired.
You can't fire me, I quit! To hell with you, and to hell with Stone!
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By LORE (Kris Sonsteby)
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#544954
The Ninja Scot wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:21 pm I put the bagel in my mouth. I eat it. I might get another, depending on how many are left. Note - pretty much the only time I eat bagels is when they're given freely at work. I don't particularly like them but it's free food.

Michael.
who doesn't pass up free food
THIS

I do not seek out bagels, but on occasion they appear in the lunchroom.
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By The Guardian (Richard New)
 - Second Edition Design Manager
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2E North American Continental Quarter-Finalist 2023
#544955
I tear off chunks of bagels and use them to scoop out cream cheese.

It's my own cream cheese supply!
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#544957
BCSWowbagger wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:34 pm Why would I ruin a perfectly nice bagel with cream cheese?
I just got back into cream cheese. Covers the "dairy" portion of breakfast.
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By Boffo97 (Dave Hines)
 - Gamma Quadrant
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#544960
The perfect bagel topping: marinara, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, heat in toaster oven until cheese is melted.

/thread
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#544970
Boffo97 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:46 pm The perfect bagel topping: marinara, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, heat in toaster oven until cheese is melted.
That just seems like a recipe for burning for fingers as molten cheese drips through the middle.

Now, a nice stabilizing slice of ham, a good hard-yolked fried egg, slice of tomato...
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