Editor’s Note: I realize bagels have nothing to do with gardening, but indulge me on this one. I’ve never seen thematic bagels before.
Yesterday, I stopped in the Bruegger’s Bagels across the street from my office with my boss. They had a fresh batch of Red, White and Blue Bagels out for sale. My boss grimaced.
“I have to get those for breakfast tomorrow,” I said. “They’re absolutely disgusting.”
“It looks like Papa Smurf got a little too close to the bagel mixer,” Steve said, after I sliced them open this morning.
But hey…toasted and with lox and cream cheese? It didn’t matter what color they were.
And while we’re off the subject of gardening, there’s a strange social networking experiment happening over at Linkie Winkie. I’m still learning more about it, but it’s interesting, nonetheless. It’s sort of like figuring out what variety of plant a particular volunteer will be when it grows up.
on Jul 4th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Wow- those are colorful. I wonder how they did that. Steve’s comment is perfect.
on Jul 4th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Those bagels are a crime against Smurfmanity
on Jul 4th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
They’re totally criminal, aren’t they? I suppose they must have green bagels for St. Patrick’s Day — I’ve probably just missed them — but these struck me as particularly bizarre.
on Oct 5th, 2006 at 6:18 am
[...] I will even go so far as to admit that, after I posted that little tale of kitchen-sink horror, I felt bad about maligning the country that taught me the true meaning of good bread and introduced me to the Schlümpfe, long before they showed up on American TV as the Smurfs, replete with insipid theme song. [...]