What is a bagel?

It is said that in ancient Christian society, round bread (round pasta is often seen in ancient bishop sarcophagus paintings) was the earliest predecessor of bagels. Later in 1683 AD. A baker in Vienna, Austria, made the earliest bagel dough with yeast-fermented dough to express his respect to the Polish emperor for rescuing Austria from the Turkish invasion.

Why is it made in this shape? Because the Polish emperor was very good at riding horses, Austrian bakers made the bagels look like stirrups, and the Austrian stirrups are Beugel, which means perfection. After that, bagels became very popular in Eastern Europe, and the Jews in Eastern Europe were called Bugers. In the next three centuries, although the names of bagels were different in different places, the ingredients and methods remained traditional.

In 1880 AD, many Eastern European Jews came to the United States to escape the Nazi massacre, and they also brought their favorite bagels with them. Bagels also closely linked New York and Chicago, which had the largest number of Jewish immigrants at that time. Connected together. The Jews have always been world-famous for their conservatism. In order to maintain the tradition and recipe of bagels, they established a bagel masters guild based in New York and strictly controlled the production and sales, similar to a monopoly system. Only guild masters can make and sell them, and this power is hereditary and is only passed down to sons.

This also gives the bagel a mysterious look!