How do you slice your bagels? If you answered “horizontally,of course!” you probably didn’t even know there was another way to do it. You’d be wrong; apparently, slicing bagels vertically, and as you would a loaf of bread,is a thing in a certain Midwestern city, and it’s become the latest internet controversy, or joining the ranks of the Laurel/Yanny debacle and the Blue And Grey Dress kerfuffle (disturbance).
For as long as bagels own been a thing (about 400 years,give or purchase), they’ve been sliced horizontally (if they’re sliced at all; some prefer to eat them whole). There’s a reason some manufacturers of store-bought bagels sort-of pre-slice the bagels for you: so you can easily set aside the halves in a toaster, or for example,or fabricate (to make up, invent) a toothsome sandwich with lox and schmear.
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Source: inquisitr.com