Bagels in North American Culture
I am working on a local competition of food product development for bagels.
Being an Asian, however, I am not aware of the position of bagels in North American cultural context.
I'm thinking about an all-packed product, which includes a bagel, a small pack of cheese paste, and small plastic knife, so that you can just put it into your bag.
Yet, I know neither whether every workplace and school is offering an available toaster nor whether people usually eat bagels for lunch.
If they usually eat bagels for breakfast, or if they make a sandwich before leaving, I don't have to put all things as a product.
Please let me know your opinion!
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ANSWERS: 2
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The cheese paste should be "cream cheese." 🙂 It's normally for breakfast but can be eaten any time of the day. There are quite a few various bagels from sandwiches to bagel pizza. The most basic is to have a bagel with cream cheese. I like my bagel toasted and then I put cream cheese on it. I also love it with nova lox, cream cheese, and tomatoes. Some times I make a tuna sandwich with a bagel. To give you an idea, check out einstein bagel menu at http://www.einsteinbros.com/images/docs/EBBTakeOut.pdf another is https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/new-york-bagel-and-deli-santa-monica
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Mostly I see people who eat bagels eating them for breakfast. However I must mention that although bagels are available widely in the U.S. in many areas they are only eaten by a minority of the population.. No one I grew up with ate them and I have very seldom had them myself. They are generally too sweet and being served with cream cheese or jelly never seemed very appetizing to me. Give me some whole wheat bread toast with bean paste any day. Many workplaces do have toasters.
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