Thanks for the explanation about Montreal Bagels. We had an employee that used to go to Montreal from here in western Maine to take/visit his daughter who was in college in Montreal. They were the best bagels ever. I have been making bagels for a lot of years now (use bread machine, barley malt extract, boiling water--which really isn't that hard, and larger, traditionally sized bagels) and they are pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I usually make a batch and when the BM is done, start another batch while I am cooking the first I often do it while I am doing supper. We all love them, but the Montreal bagels were always very special. Now I know why (wood fired oven and all the hand work). And you can even order on-line. I just might do it, prices are right and shipping to ME from Montreal can't take more than a day or two at the most so they still would be pretty fresh. And into the freezer. They might even arrive fresh frozen seeing as how it hasn't been above freezing for weeks now.

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