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Jul. 16th, 2020 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerPeople who say "trust the science" will often pooh-pooh it in other areas when it collides with their preconceptions.
Exhibit A: my statement that there is no scientific reason that bagels outside NY/NJ are inherently lower-quality. I've read the studies and my personal experiments agree - it's not the water or anything environmental. It's well-honed technique and a population willing to buy the good stuff. We don't have either one here and I have often acknowledged that. I wish we did as I miss a good pumpernickel bagel!
But NY transplants vehemently rush to their bagels' defense. One person even said "There may be no logical reason but I know they taste better." To which I responded "When you expect them to, they will. It would be interesting to try a blind test."
Exhibit A: my statement that there is no scientific reason that bagels outside NY/NJ are inherently lower-quality. I've read the studies and my personal experiments agree - it's not the water or anything environmental. It's well-honed technique and a population willing to buy the good stuff. We don't have either one here and I have often acknowledged that. I wish we did as I miss a good pumpernickel bagel!
But NY transplants vehemently rush to their bagels' defense. One person even said "There may be no logical reason but I know they taste better." To which I responded "When you expect them to, they will. It would be interesting to try a blind test."
