[zcaveman]

I am a Southerner that went Yankee for 25 years and am back to a Southerner.

When I went to my first "breakfast rolls" desk in NJ, they had "dinner" rolls and bagels with butter and cream cheese. In the south we had cinnamon buns and donuts. I had my first bagel. Hard as a rock and tough to chew. As time went by I found out that a fresh bagel and a day old bagel were the same. Hard as a rock and tough to chew.

I now get my bagels at Publix and Albertsons. Both are good if sliced and toasted and covered in butter and jelly.

The rye and raisin at Publix and Albertsons and the Jalapeno at Albertsons are the best. The wife likes the everything bagel.