A bagel is actually a terrible vehicle for a sandwich. amirite?

Making a good sandwich means using the appropriate type of bread. Sliced salami and hard cheeses are ok in bagels as they can stay in place and don't fall apart while you try to bite through it. Try to make a salami sandwich with soft white bread and the bread can rip apart in your hands as you try to rip off a chunk of the salami. Soft, creamy fillings like tuna or egg salad should go in soft breads or else you get the toothpaste tube effect that you do with bagels.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

This guy sandwiches

by Anonymous 4 months ago

That's, like, your opinion man

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Soft fresh bagel. Not grocery store bagel. A sandwich in a grocery store bagel is like a punishment.

by Eunice99 4 months ago

Feel like a lot of these people aren't from NJ. Breakfast bagels (Taylor ham/sausage/bacon egg and cheese with s/p/k) are to die for

by Nice_Friendship 4 months ago

NJ bagel team, assemble!

by Anonymous 4 months ago

As someone who is stuck on the West Coast, I permanently dream of eating East Coast food, and southern cooking

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I feel like people who think NJ breakfast sandwiches are even half decent have never left NJ

by Haleyanabelle 4 months ago

Living up to your username I see

by Nrodriguez 4 months ago

It's literally the state with the best bagels. You non-jersians are just jealous of our great creation (along side pizza)

by Nice_Friendship 4 months ago

You shore about that?

by retha31 4 months ago

non-jersians jealous Hahahahaha

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Once at a bbq restaurant in Idaho I was served a "pulled pork sandwich" on what was clearly a bagel from Winco. Worst sandwich I've ever had.

by koelpinmckenna 4 months ago

Can't you just put a grocery bagel in a pan with a bit of water to steam it?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You can do stuff to it to turn it into food. Cutting it in half and putting stuff on it is not enough.

by Eunice99 4 months ago

Toast the bagel. It solves the thickness and the solidness problem. Most toasters have a bagel setting that only toasts the inside. Bagels are delicious for sandwiches, but not raw, untoasted bagels lol

by Adolfo04 4 months ago

Bagel burgers are delicious. Toast the bagel and put cream cheese on it then put a burger patty with lettuce and tomato. No cheese slice because the cream cheese suffices. Yum.

by ElectionFinancial253 4 months ago

I need to check out these dainty delights of Montreal

by Longjumping_Ant9071 4 months ago

Are bagel thins still a thing? I really enjoyed those for sandwiches

by Hackettwillis 4 months ago

As someone who's had hundreds of bagel sandwiches, I will 1000% disagree with you here. Maybe you're just not making the right type of sandwiches for them.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I find cutting them in half allows me to eat it with far less mess. Toasting also helps break through the "squishyness"

by Distinct_Tutor4800 4 months ago

Interesting. I prefer them whole, as it makes the vertical to horizontal ratio feel more stable. Otherwise it falls into the same trap burgers at restaurants do where it's so tall and skinny that nothing stays in place

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You should probably start learning with a car before driving a bagel.

by Earlenesimonis 4 months ago

You don't need a license to drive a sandwich

by Reecereichel 4 months ago

Now that we're men, we can do anything!

by Exciting_Fisherman11 4 months ago

If you can dodge a bagel you can dodge a dodgeball

by Big-Option 4 months ago

I don't know. At least it's tire shaped. I've never seen a baguette move. Just saying.

by Maleficent-Appeal-6 4 months ago

Maybe that's the real problem…someone was trying to reinvent the wheel…and came up with a crappy sandwich instead.

by Puzzleheaded-Bat3307 4 months ago

I've done enough half assed handy work to be confident in my ability to seal up some holes with salmon patches and cream cheese putty.

by Eunice99 4 months ago

Literally just had one and it was perfect and delicious!!

by Competitive_Pen_1668 4 months ago

Why has no one invented a so-called bagel puncher? You make your sandwich in your bagel and then punch out the middle. That middle bite is always weird, I don't need it.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I don't ever bring up McDonald's except in the case of their long discontinued bagel sandwiches which were the best.

by Janessadoyle 4 months ago

The hole in the middle leave's something to be desired for sure lol

by clynch 4 months ago

The Jewish would disagree

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Racist. Why do you hate jews?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Thats why you either toast it or apply the sauce early, then smash it a lil. Bagels are best for a smear of something but a toasted breakfast bagel cut in half and smashed down a lil, perfecto.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

NAH. My go-to sandwich like every day for a whole year in high school was a deli everything bagel with cream cheese turkey provolone lettuce and tomatoes. God tier.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Biali's solve all these problems.

by Pfefferwade 4 months ago

As someone who works a job where I usually only have a few minutes to eat during a 12 hour shift, I appreciate the fact that a bagel fills me up a lot more than bread. Quality of the sandwich aside, for this reason I prefer bagel sandwiches 🤷🏼‍♂️

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Steak and egg bagel from McDonald's disagrees with you.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Vehicle Definition: 2 : an agent of transmission : CARRIER 3 : a medium through which something is expressed, achieved, or displayed

by Puzzleheaded-Bat3307 4 months ago

Yeah, but "vehicle for a sandwich" is a rather odd usage, even with this definition. Vehicle for sandwich fillings, I'd give you.

by Puzzleheaded_Site599 4 months ago

You've just described what all sandwiches are, at least for me. Unless we're talking thin cold cut sandwiches or peanut butter and jelly, I pretty much eat all sandwiches these days with a knife and fork and deconstruct them a little at a time while I eat. Less mess, less fuss, more joy.

by Weffertz 4 months ago

Toast or warm up the bagel This ain't hard Fried egg open face sandwich on a half bagel most days for breakfast

by Emmerichsusanna 4 months ago

Speak for yourself. There is nothing better than a turkey sandwich on a costco parmesan bagel.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

on the contrary, those Thomas or Pepperidge Farm everything bagels are terrible bagels but awesome sandwich breads

by Sufficient-Figure702 4 months ago

Have you ever tried Chick-fil-A's chicken, egg, and cheese bagels? Discontinued.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Honestly, I eat 2 bagels everyday, and I make scrambled eggs with my bagel. I can't for the life of me ever get the eggs to stay on the damn bagel. It infuriates me

by AlternativeNo2461 4 months ago

Not for a bacon egg and cheese. The egg and cheese fill the voids in the bagel making it a perfect breakfast sandwich.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Turkey, bacon, and avocado on a six cheese bagel is one of my favorite sandwiches.

by Zleffler 4 months ago

Open faced sandwiches are so hot right now.

by Sufficient_Spring104 4 months ago

I absolutely love bagels but I think I agree with you exept for with breakfast sandwiches. Fried eggs and bacon on good quality bagels are so good albeit very messy. Ciabatta is the ultimate sandwich bread imo.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Have you never eaten McDonald's bagel ham egg n cheese sandwich when it was around???? It was perfect.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You're not wrong. Bagels are meant for cream cheese or are good for open faced sandwiches.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Cream cheese is all u need

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Why is the word actually included as if this were an unpopular opinion. This is obvious. There's a freaking hole in the middle.

by Express-Sand 4 months ago

Bagel works for a burger really well.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

What and a car is so much better?

by Big-Option 4 months ago

Actually the best sandwich. Everything bagel makes an absolutely incredible sandwich bread.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Hmm, I e never tried to drive a bagel

by Anonymous 4 months ago

So we not gonna point out that OP called the bagel a vehicle?

by Beginning-Signal2546 4 months ago

It's a perfectly cromulent use of the word

by leannonetha 4 months ago

Albeit, not so cromulent when it's a vehicle for a sandwich rather than for sandwich fillings.

by Puzzleheaded_Site599 4 months ago

Idk it has wheels

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Sounds like antisemitism /s

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Have you ever considered it's a "you problem"

by Creepy-Sheepherder59 4 months ago

Bagels are for cream cheese not cold cuts.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

This is why tortillas are superior. I use them instead of bread for sandwiches. Less calories than bread, and you can fit more in it without stuff falling out.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Yes, well... a burrito is not a sandwich. Also, a 12" flour tortilla that can "fit more in" is ~350 calories, compared to ~165 for 2 slices of white bread.

by Puzzleheaded_Site599 4 months ago

Not a burrito, a wrap. You wouldn't call a chicken salad in a tortilla a burrito. And burrito sized tortillas I see are in the 200 calorie range. And white bread is gross. Rye bread is superior!

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Open face is the only way to prepare and eat a bagel +

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You're not wrong. Give me a large wholemeal bun anyday.

by Impressive-Sugar7927 4 months ago

I'll co-sign this. The best breakfast sandwich involves a biscuit and the best sandwich sandwich involves sourdough or a hoagie roll

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I agree. And while I can tolerate a Breakfast sandwich on a bagel, a burger on a bagel is something I can never forgive. The bread mushes the beef before you can bite into it.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

As someone who worked at a sandwich bagel shop I agree with this statement.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You're not, that's why I opt for the croissant. Or Dutch crunch bread for a sandwich

by FreeZookeepergame 4 months ago

You're right. Too many carbs, bagels are horrible in general for a meal. So many better carb options available!

by Cordielarkin 4 months ago

Bacon, egg, and cheese on a cinnamon raisin bagel. Texture of the bagel makes it superior to cinnamon raisin bread.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I guess I'm lucky because it's my go sandwich IN NJ - the land of bagels.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

It's OK, we can't fault the less fortunate for not knowing what a bangin breakfast bagel is.

by Anonymous 4 months ago