What BELONGS on an Everything Bagel?

I'm craving bagels so much right now, so I'll answer: sesame, onion, garlic, and poppy. Sea salt sounds fancy and I don't think I've ever had the other two on a bagel...

I also wish I knew where to get good cream cheese.. it all tastes gummy to me :(

I need cream cheese on my bagel, the only time butter is acceptable is if there is no cream cheese. Goat cheese is also acceptable, but you need a Everything or a straight-up Onion Bagel or Garlic Bagel to allow for the strength of goat cheese.

I accept that some people like peanut butter or various other spreads, but for me I need plain cream cheese. But let us be crystal clear, NON-FAT or LOW-FAT spreads are never acceptable in any flavor or form.

@monkeyking1969: You know, I use margarine instead of butter out of sheer laziness. Mostly butter is too hard to spread.

Everything says it. All of what you listed, plus many other ingredients. Hair, broken glass, finger nail clippings, various poisons, meth. Everything.

Ah! So, just like there are Pot Brownies, there are Meth Bagels....yup, that checks out.

I... have never had a bagel...

Everything bagels are gross.

I'm not big on the onions on the bagel thing. Everything else honestly I don't mind. Then again, I don't really care for onions...so that is just me.

Where is the cheese?

Must have fennel seeds but somehow poppy seeds are optional to you? You straight up trippin boo

I want a bagel now. You're mean.

Ah, you've missed the secret super weapon of an outstanding everything bagel.

A dusting of cornmeal.

I've eaten everything bagels my entire life and I've never thought about what exactly is on them. It's just an everything bagel.

Bagels! I only picked a couple, but I suppose Everything Bagels have a lot more shit than that. You know Onion works fine ultimately.

@dudeglove: PM me thoughts on (potentially) Nationalist France? I might write a blog post about it.

I only get everything bagels when I know I won't be around anyone for a bit because...well, they are smelly.

Everything?

Western Bagel makes an "everything with cheese" bagel that is honestly the only bagel I would ever have a craving for. Not really a typical bagel in that the melted cheddar and minced onions and the rest of the stuff means you just eat it as is, no slicing, no butter, no cream cheese. Just a nice warm bagel that is damn good.

Cheese. Cheese belongs on everything.

I don't get it, why isn't pizza a topping choice?

I'm gonna get a bagel soon thanks for reminding me about bagels.

I ate a cheese bagel today. Are cheese bagels a thing or is that just some weird Canadian abomination. Like ketchup chips.

The kitchen sink, and nothing else.

I can tell you something that belongs off it and that is onions, get onions off my bagels. They are the worst parts of everything bagels, and then we have people using onion cream cheese? No way, no fucking way.

The bare minimum for an everything bagel to me is poppy seeds and sesame seeds. Minced garlic or onion is a nice bonus but not necessary. I don't think I've ever had salt on any bagel other than a pretzel bagel and personally I'm fine without it. Caraway seeds and fennel seeds I don't really care about either way.

There used to be a bakery around where I lived that had the best cheese bagels. Shame that place closed down, their orange muffins were amazing.

Yes! Yes they are! Delightfully smelly.

What's better than a pizza bagel?

Two pizza bagles smashed together!

I've grown up in Australia my whole life and I've never understood the concept of a bagel. As an outsider looking in, it really just seems like a bun with a whole in the middle. The Beastcast as well as this thread has really made me want to try one though so it looks like I'll have to find a fancy bakery that makes them!

@caska: If you're in NSW there's a place that does them in North Ryde and I can confirm it's pretty much a bun in a different shape.

I like bagels with butter or jelly. There is a bagel place here called Bagel Brothers and they will put whatever you want on it