Cinnamon Raisin (right answer)
Cheddar Jalapeno (right answer)
Cheddar Herb
Everything
Plain
Sourdough
Chocolate Chip
Whole Grain
Sesame Seed / Other Seed
Blueberry / Other Fruit
Maple / Other Sweetened
Other Cheese
Other (not listed)
Nope. That's what a bagel was many decades ago. Get with the times man. Now bagels come in all different varieties and you can put whatever shit you like on them. I like mine toasted with butter and jelly or sometimes cream cheese and jelly, but I have eaten bagel sandwiches in the 80s, when I lived near a bagel sandwich place in Raleigh, NC.
Everything must change, even the ingredients and toppings on a bagel must change.
Yay, my culinary preferences happen to correspond closely to the social norms of a community to which I belong. Success!
I went with whole grain. I've had others and they have their place in the sun but for overall utility, you can't beat whole grain.
For me, bagels are usually sandwiches. For a weekend breakfast, thinly sliced Virginia Baked Ham (ruffled), egg over easy with yolk dripping out the hole, and cheese if you must. For lunch on the go, peanut butter. It fills the void, carries you until supper, and won't mess your clothes up. You can also go for cream cheese, tomato, and raw onion if you're eating over a desk. And for the evening meal, thick slices of Filet Mignon, raw onion, and sauteed mushrooms. The toasted bagel is best placed face down in the au jus to soak up some beefy goodness. Here is where I would give the nod to a bagel with cheddar baked onto the top. This small amount of cheese compliments the steak nicely.
Dwight
Egg bagels for the win. They also seem to be awfully hard to find. Brueggers and Panera don't sell them! Bagels are versatile. Cream cheese, butter, burgers, eggs / bacon / cheese...
AhhhhgH! What's next? Ketchup on hot dogs? Is there no sense of right and wrong anymore?
whomever answered "chocolate chip" can go back to the shithole country they came from.