Can Bagels be Frozen?
Steve Cogorno
My local bagel outlet (Noah's Bagels for all you Northern California Folks)
is closing for Passover. They are going to be closed for 10 days, and the
thought of a) not eating bagels for a week and a half, or b) getting them
from the grocery store are rather scary thoughts :-)
So, my question is, can bagels be frozen? Well, I know they can be frozen,
because I see them frozen at the market, but I am thinking more about how
they should be stored, defrosted, tosted, etc. (ie: do I need to defrost
them before I put them in the toster, or should I just throw em in? Nuke
'em and then toast?)
I know this doesn't sound like a major crisis, but if you have ever had a
Noah's Bagel, you'd know that 10 days without them is pretty grim.
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Steve
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Anne Washburn
breakfast every morning. All you need to do is wrap one in a white paper
towel, stick it in the microwave, and nuke it for about 35 seconds.
Remove, slice & eat!
Anne Washburn
qua...@vnet.net
Steve Cogorno (cog...@netcom.com) wrote:
: Hi All,
Kathryn Camfield
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> So, my question is, can bagels be frozen? Well, I know they can be frozen,
> because I see them frozen at the market, but I am thinking more about how
> they should be stored, defrosted, tosted, etc. (ie: do I need to defrost
> them before I put them in the toster, or should I just throw em in? Nuke
> 'em and then toast?)
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Yes, they can be frozen quite successfully. I work at and co-manage a
youth cafe in Ottawa, Canada, and we sometimes end up with leftover bagels
at the end of the night. We freeze them in an air-tight container, and
then the day we want to use them, we either take them out early and let
them defrost in the fridge or defrost them more quickly in the microwave.
We toast the bagels once they have thawed completely or even if they are a
little warm when they come out of the microwave.
I hope htis helps!
Kathryn
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near Holey Bagel (the only self-respecting San Francisco bagel). Or
better yet, move to Chicago or New York. Eat a bagel for Jacobs
Brothers or Kaufmann's in Chicago and you'll scoff at Noah's steamed
bagels forever!
Bagel commentary aside, I freeze Holey Bagels bagels all the time. Just
put them in plastic when they are fresh from the store and place in
the freezer. Then nuke them in the microwave to thaw, then slice
and serve. If they've been frozen for a long time, you might want to
toast them a little before serving.
:) Annie
Rena Taubman
[snip]
>So, my question is, can bagels be frozen? Well, I know they can be frozen,
>because I see them frozen at the market, but I am thinking more about how
>they should be stored, defrosted, tosted, etc. (ie: do I need to defrost
>them before I put them in the toster, or should I just throw em in? Nuke
>'em and then toast?)
First of all, the easiest way to freeze a bagel is to put your bagels
in a plastic bag (like a ziplock or baggie or something like that). Sometimes
bagel places will have some and sometimes you have to supply your own. The
only thing you have to make sure of is that you close the bag well (or
your bagels will get all frosty).
As for reheating bagels: I grew up without a microwave [yes, it is
possible to live without one. ;->] I would reheat mine in a regular oven.
Preheat at 350 at bake for 10 minutes. (yum!)
Or, if you want to use a microwave [I learned the art of the
microwave a college], defrost for around a minute and then heat it
in your oven (again, at 350) for around 5 minutes. I personally do not
recommend only heating a bagel in the microwave, since this can cause
a bagel to get too chewey.
Anyway, enjoy your bagels!
Until then,
Rena
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Lisa A Kramer
them in half BEFORE you put them in the freezer. That way
they can go straight from freezer to toaster without
lengthy defrost waits and without mucking with microwaves.
I find that toasted frozen bagels are just as good as
toasted fresh.
Benny's Bagels in Vancouver has closed over Christmas holidays
in the past and this was the only way to survive.
carolina rodriguez
own. I will mail you a recipe. However, I seldom get the time to make
them, so when I do, I make a lot of them, cook them fully, slice them
and then freeze them in a plastic bag. I then take one bagel at a time,
nuke it in the microwave for 30-35 seconds at 50-60% power, and it's
almost as good as fresh. I hope this helps.
-Carolina
Chuck Narad
freezer. you can defrost them naturally, or 30-45 seconds in a
microwave will do the trick; they won't come out the same as
fresh, but hey, you're starting with great material! :-)
if that fails, check out the Holey Bagel as a decent alternate :-)
cheers,
chuck/
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Chuck Narad
damn...that's just too sensible! whydidntIthinkofthat?
more stupid freezer tricks: :-)
pack leftover rice into ice cube trays and freeze. the next day,
pop 'em out and store in the freezer in ziplock bags. when you
need some rice in a hurry, grab enough "rice cubes" and either
toss into your stew or whatever, or defrost in the microwave
covered in saran wrap.
c/
MIKEWH...@delphi.com
We freeze our bagels all the time and it works great! We usually thaw
them for a while before heating or toasting. I don't know about
nuking them, we finally broke down and got a nuker this weekend.
Still trying to figure out what all the *&$% buttons do.
Webmaster
I might just be old fashioned, but I prefer to heat my bagels in a small oven,
rather than subject them to the nuker --- In my opinion, they taste better
heated the slow-cooking way.
Sounds like this needs a "call for votes" -- to nuke or not?
What is your preference (as opposed to what do you do when you don't have time
to do it the "best" way :-) ] ???
How do you vote?
- John Walsh
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Myk Melez
writes:
>My local bagel outlet (Noah's Bagels for all you Northern California Folks)
>is closing for Passover. They are going to be closed for 10 days, and the
>thought of a) not eating bagels for a week and a half, or b) getting them
>from the grocery store are rather scary thoughts :-)
>
>because I see them frozen at the market, but I am thinking more about how
>they should be stored, defrosted, tosted, etc. (ie: do I need to defrost
>them before I put them in the toster, or should I just throw em in? Nuke
>'em and then toast?)
>
>Noah's Bagel, you'd know that 10 days without them is pretty grim.
Noah's has freezer bags for their bagels. Just ask them to put your order
in a freezer bag. The bags have instructions on them that tell you
everything you need to know.
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Vicki J. Mulford
3-4 dozen at a time and just pop the plastic bags straight into the
freezer. When I want to eat one, or two :) I just wrap them in a paper
towel and throw them into the microwave for about a minute (they are
pretty big bagels). I think they turn out just fine, as long as I don't
let them sit too long. But then I never do. :)
Vicki