BREAKFAST IS DELICIOUS
Bagels and More makes a great lunch. Stop in and try a Turkey, Swiss and Bacon on Whole Wheat with fresh tomato splices and lettuce with just the perfect dash of Salt and Pepper. Bagels and More is a great place for lunchtime delights.
We make all of Flavored Cream Cheese Spreads in House. We start with fresh whole ingredients, process them and blend with Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Fresh and Delicious.
Cream Cheese Flavors include Bacon, Lox, Scallion, Strawberry, Vegetable, and Walnut Raisin Cream Cheese delights.
We serve our Bagels with a generous amount of Cream Cheese, Flavored or Plain, making for a delicious and satisfying snack or breakfast.
Call in you Favorite Bagel and Flavored Cream Cheese combination at 631-859-3687, we will have it waiting for you Fresh and Delicious.
Salami and Provolone. Try the classic Italian sandwich with twist, add Bacon and then put in it all between an Egg Bagel with mayo. A wonderfully different sandwich.
All of our Sandwiches are offered on Bagels, Hard Rolls or Bread. Try a BLT on White Bread Toasted. A mouth watering lunch to savor each delicious bite.
Bagels and More offers Boars Head Cold Cuts and our own Chicken, Egg and Tuna Salads on Bagels, Hard Rolls and Bread with all of the fixings. Located on Rt 111 in Islip, NY, stop in, sit down and enjoy breakfast or lunch at our Bar or relax at a one of our tables.
Chicken Salad made from White Chicken Breasts. Finely Chopped and Blended with our special seasoning and a little celery. A treat to eat!
Bagels and More, located on Rt 111 just North of the Railroad Tracks. Call to order at 631-859-3687 and we will have your lunch waiting.
Bagels and More offers a Red Heart Shaped Bagel to show Mom how much you Love Her. Come early if you want one as they sell out early. Happy Mother’s Day to all Mom’s from the Bagels and More Staff.
Every Heart Bagel is Unique, Just Like Your Mom…
Looking into the history of bagels led me to this article written by Ari Weinzweig for the Atlantic back in 2009. Here is the link to his article “The Secret History of Bagels“.
The earliest date we have for the 1st bagel is the beginning of the 14th century. German immigrants came to Poland for work bringing their German pretzels with them for food. That Pretzel morphed into the Bagel we know today, with the Poles calling them Obwarzanek!
Towards the end of the 14th century, Poland’s leader, Queen Jadwiga, a very cool person, decided to give up sweet deserts for Lent. Instead she ate bagels. Her bagels were made with wheat instead of rye, which was the common grain of the time. Her people loved them.
During that same period, for the first time, Jews were allowed to bake bread. Sounds crazy, but they were banned from baking bread, by the Christians, as the thinking was they would taint Communion. Some say that the 1st step was to allow Jews to boil bread, not bake it, and maybe that is where the Kettle bagel begins.
Bagels became the food of the working class, with the bagel shops became like the bars of today, where people would congregate. In the 1900’s, political change started, with many saying it began over bagels in morning, at the local Bagel Shop!
Bagel came to America and as all things American, the bagel changed. In the in 1930’s, machines were created to roll the bagels, ovens changed from stone to steel with modern temperature controls. Bagels were mass marketed by companies such as Lenders Bagels. Bagels became softer and sweeter, using steam instead of boiling water to set the crust. The chewy, crusty boiled Kettle Bagel, due to added labor costs, fell by the wayside.
Today, a select few Baker’s are still cooking the Kettle Bagel, every day. Bagels and More is proud to be Boiling Bagels for more than 20 years now.
As Ari says at the end of his article – Have a bagel and enjoy the day.
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Bagels and More is a hands on operation. Since its beginning more than 20 years ago, Bob, the owner has worked most every day at the store. Linda is behind the counter with Merleni working the grill.
Our Chicken, Egg and Tuna salads are made in the store.
Our Cream Cheese is blended in house to produce our Bacon, Lox, Scallion, Strawberry, Vegetable and Walnut Raisin Cream Cheeses.
We grind our Coffee beans for every cup of coffee brewed!
We live the world of bagels every day. We hope our posts can provide some neat information about bagels and help you understand their magical allure.