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Proof you can remove the best part and sell it as a feature.
means The hollow ring cut from the center of a bagel, especially when sold or marketed as its own snack item.
from Not a traditional word but a modern novelty riff: 'bagel' traces back to Yiddish 'beygl', probably related to German 'Bügel' (ring, bow), itself tied to the idea of bending or curving — fitting, since bagels were boiled and shaped into rings partly for even cooking and easy stacking on poles. 'Hole' is just the plain English word for the gap in the middle. 'Bagel hole' as a marketed product is a recent, tongue-in-cheek invention — someone realized the empty space people usually discard could be packaged and sold back to them, turning a byproduct into a punchline-turned-product.
- origin
- center shrinks during boiling and baking
- function
- lets bagels hang on dowels for freshness
- myth
- not actually where the calories go
- side effect
- turns schmear into a math problem