Would You Rather? Doughnuts vs. Bagels Eick June 15, 2009 Would You Rather? 34 Comments Ah, it’s time for another Would You Rather? question, this time comparing two different breakfast options. Option #1: You can never eat dougnuts again. Option #2: You can never eat bagels again. I think this one is pretty straightforward, no explanation need. I’ll be curious to see the results. Please argue your various reasons/points of view in the comments. [poll id=”63″] Pictures via Business Week and After Taste by Sherry. The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Eick Latest posts by Eick (see all) Fast Food Bracket Round 1: Jack in the Box vs. Five Guys, KFC vs. Checkers - March 3, 2016 BK’s “Polygameat” Campaign Shockingly Similar to Wendy’s “Meatatarian” Campaign - September 16, 2014 Surge Wins Discontinued Foods Bracket! - April 12, 2013 34 Responses Brian June 15th, 2009 What’s up with the poll? Favorite style of pizza? I would give up bagels, no question. Maybe it’s because out here in California I’ve never had a bagel I thought was that good. Reply kp June 15th, 2009 Bagels are out — gotta have doughnuts! I live right by a Krispy Kreme 🙂 Reply Bear Silber June 15th, 2009 I too live in California without a really good bagel and I too would give them up before doughnuts although I never really eat either. I’m also wondering about the poll 😛 Reply matt June 15th, 2009 i used to have bagels every week at work as part of a make friday fun exercise where everyone who wanted to got on a rotating schedule and brought in bagels. That was 8 years ago and I am still not eating bagels… Reply Drole June 15th, 2009 I’d give up doughnuts. I’ve never been big on sweet food in the morning and if I got a craving for something sweet I could have a flavored bagel. But I love bagels. So no contest. Reply Cary June 15th, 2009 I worked in a bagel shop making bagel sandwiches for the masses, meaning my breakfasts and sometimes lunches were bagels with all sorts of cheeses and meats in between giant wads of dough. Not that I love doughnuts, but I can’t stand the thought of eating bagels again, unless the insides are scooped out. And yes, when you ask someone to scoop out your bagel, YOU ARE A JERK. If you don’t want all the dough in a bagel, go order a freaking breakfast sandwich with bread. Otherwise, don’t be a baby and enjoy the ball of dough sitting in your stomach. Reply DAVE ID June 15th, 2009 I’m from Montreal, greatest bagels EVER are found here. So screw the doughnuts. Reply shatraw June 15th, 2009 this is weird. i defintely prefer bagels and voted thusly. but all this talk has got me jonesing for a donut. Reply Youppi June 15th, 2009 are we counting Bear Claws as a Donut? are we also including Donut Holes (or Munchins, if you will)? Reply Antonio June 15th, 2009 gotta love an old fashioned glaze donut. Reply Zenne June 15th, 2009 The last bagel I had was three years ago, and the last bagel before that was probably about ten years, so…I think the choice is obvious! Although now I want to try a bagel again. :p Reply Catherine June 15th, 2009 I, as well, am originally from California. However! I’m not a huge fan of doughnuts. I’ll eat one, maybe two, in a year. But after I moved to DC, and my friends from New Jersey and New York kept bringing bagels with them from jaunts home…I would gladly for go my yearly doughnut for some delicious East Coast bagels. (Although, if we had a stand off between bagels and sourdough bread, suck it bagels, sourdough bread San Francisco takes it, every time.) Reply Ryan June 15th, 2009 Keep the bagels…no contest. Doughnuts do nothing for me…well not nothing but I couldn’t give up a good bakery fresh bagel. Reply BS June 15th, 2009 this one is seriously a Sophie’s Choice moment or me…but when it comes down to it, I gotta drop the donuts, because great as they are, they’re a treat, while bagels, clearly, are a breakfast necessity. Reply gansie @endless simmer June 15th, 2009 i cant even believe people would give up the beautifully universal begal for a crappy pastry. think what you can do with a begal. you can top it with everything: cream cheese, eggs, tomato and cheese (pizza begal!), butter, avocado, deli meat, pesto. i mean, come on people. Reply Molly June 16th, 2009 I could easily give up both. While I like both the huge carb and empty calorie load at breakfast prevents me from allowing myself to eat either. Reply jestergoblin June 16th, 2009 Well, for those that grew up with shaped bread that people try to pass off as bagels, I can understand where they’re coming from. That said, if you’ve ever had a real bagel the choice is easy. Even Krispy Kreme doesn’t stand a chance against real, fresh bagels from Mr. Bagel! Reply Miles June 16th, 2009 These voting numbers bare a suspicious resemblance to the voting patterns in Iran. I smell election tampering! Reply Brian June 16th, 2009 I agree, Miles. Like Ahmadinejad, I heard Eick announced the winner before the polls closed. Reply Skiff June 16th, 2009 Bagels. So, so versitile. Reply Bear Silber June 16th, 2009 @Miles & @Brian – Hahahahahahahah Reply Julie June 17th, 2009 wow, I thought this would be a no-brainer, but I’m shocked by these results. Clearly I don’t like in a “real bagel” region. I mean, if you can’t eat bagels anymore, couldn’t you put the same toppings on a piece of toast and call it a day? Reply Hillary June 19th, 2009 While of course the thought of never eating a doughnut again makes me want a doughnut sooo badly, I love bagels too much to give them up. Not to mention, I don’t feel as crappy after eating a bagel as I do after eating a doughnut! Reply barrett July 1st, 2009 this was a tough one. after much deliberation i am prepared to give up bagels. this fatty loves her donuts & sweets too much. Reply Echo710 July 9th, 2009 While I like donuts, I wouldn’t really miss them much if I had to go without. But bagels? I would be miserable without them… I *love* bagels. So no question about it; I would give up the donuts without hesitation. Reply tom April 29th, 2010 bagels are so much better. donuts are just not appealing to me. i set my signutare on my phone about how bagels are good. i love them Reply Amanda March 4th, 2011 I’m a new yorker, and yet I had to go with donuts. My insatiable sweet tooth prevails. Reply Jen May 12th, 2011 If I want to choke on a mouthful of dense bread dough, I’ll squish my dinner roll into a ball like I did when I was in kindergarten. Bagels can be replaced. Doughnuts? Never. “Doughnut substitute” yields zero results in a Google search, but “bagel substitute?” Oh yes. About 641,000 results. Reply Traci June 14th, 2011 I really don’t know. I think I have to go with keeping the bagels. One of my favorite breakfast foods in a toasted bagel with butter. I don’t even really get to eat doughnuts either. Reply Anastasia March 28th, 2012 Have you ever tried putting toppings on a doughnut? Enough said. Reply Peter March 28th, 2012 Every doughnut has a topping… Reply Leave a ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Current ye@r * Leave this field empty
Brian June 15th, 2009 What’s up with the poll? Favorite style of pizza? I would give up bagels, no question. Maybe it’s because out here in California I’ve never had a bagel I thought was that good. Reply
Bear Silber June 15th, 2009 I too live in California without a really good bagel and I too would give them up before doughnuts although I never really eat either. I’m also wondering about the poll 😛 Reply
matt June 15th, 2009 i used to have bagels every week at work as part of a make friday fun exercise where everyone who wanted to got on a rotating schedule and brought in bagels. That was 8 years ago and I am still not eating bagels… Reply
Drole June 15th, 2009 I’d give up doughnuts. I’ve never been big on sweet food in the morning and if I got a craving for something sweet I could have a flavored bagel. But I love bagels. So no contest. Reply
Cary June 15th, 2009 I worked in a bagel shop making bagel sandwiches for the masses, meaning my breakfasts and sometimes lunches were bagels with all sorts of cheeses and meats in between giant wads of dough. Not that I love doughnuts, but I can’t stand the thought of eating bagels again, unless the insides are scooped out. And yes, when you ask someone to scoop out your bagel, YOU ARE A JERK. If you don’t want all the dough in a bagel, go order a freaking breakfast sandwich with bread. Otherwise, don’t be a baby and enjoy the ball of dough sitting in your stomach. Reply
DAVE ID June 15th, 2009 I’m from Montreal, greatest bagels EVER are found here. So screw the doughnuts. Reply
shatraw June 15th, 2009 this is weird. i defintely prefer bagels and voted thusly. but all this talk has got me jonesing for a donut. Reply
Youppi June 15th, 2009 are we counting Bear Claws as a Donut? are we also including Donut Holes (or Munchins, if you will)? Reply
Zenne June 15th, 2009 The last bagel I had was three years ago, and the last bagel before that was probably about ten years, so…I think the choice is obvious! Although now I want to try a bagel again. :p Reply
Catherine June 15th, 2009 I, as well, am originally from California. However! I’m not a huge fan of doughnuts. I’ll eat one, maybe two, in a year. But after I moved to DC, and my friends from New Jersey and New York kept bringing bagels with them from jaunts home…I would gladly for go my yearly doughnut for some delicious East Coast bagels. (Although, if we had a stand off between bagels and sourdough bread, suck it bagels, sourdough bread San Francisco takes it, every time.) Reply
Ryan June 15th, 2009 Keep the bagels…no contest. Doughnuts do nothing for me…well not nothing but I couldn’t give up a good bakery fresh bagel. Reply
BS June 15th, 2009 this one is seriously a Sophie’s Choice moment or me…but when it comes down to it, I gotta drop the donuts, because great as they are, they’re a treat, while bagels, clearly, are a breakfast necessity. Reply
gansie @endless simmer June 15th, 2009 i cant even believe people would give up the beautifully universal begal for a crappy pastry. think what you can do with a begal. you can top it with everything: cream cheese, eggs, tomato and cheese (pizza begal!), butter, avocado, deli meat, pesto. i mean, come on people. Reply
Molly June 16th, 2009 I could easily give up both. While I like both the huge carb and empty calorie load at breakfast prevents me from allowing myself to eat either. Reply
jestergoblin June 16th, 2009 Well, for those that grew up with shaped bread that people try to pass off as bagels, I can understand where they’re coming from. That said, if you’ve ever had a real bagel the choice is easy. Even Krispy Kreme doesn’t stand a chance against real, fresh bagels from Mr. Bagel! Reply
Miles June 16th, 2009 These voting numbers bare a suspicious resemblance to the voting patterns in Iran. I smell election tampering! Reply
Brian June 16th, 2009 I agree, Miles. Like Ahmadinejad, I heard Eick announced the winner before the polls closed. Reply
Julie June 17th, 2009 wow, I thought this would be a no-brainer, but I’m shocked by these results. Clearly I don’t like in a “real bagel” region. I mean, if you can’t eat bagels anymore, couldn’t you put the same toppings on a piece of toast and call it a day? Reply
Hillary June 19th, 2009 While of course the thought of never eating a doughnut again makes me want a doughnut sooo badly, I love bagels too much to give them up. Not to mention, I don’t feel as crappy after eating a bagel as I do after eating a doughnut! Reply
barrett July 1st, 2009 this was a tough one. after much deliberation i am prepared to give up bagels. this fatty loves her donuts & sweets too much. Reply
Echo710 July 9th, 2009 While I like donuts, I wouldn’t really miss them much if I had to go without. But bagels? I would be miserable without them… I *love* bagels. So no question about it; I would give up the donuts without hesitation. Reply
tom April 29th, 2010 bagels are so much better. donuts are just not appealing to me. i set my signutare on my phone about how bagels are good. i love them Reply
Amanda March 4th, 2011 I’m a new yorker, and yet I had to go with donuts. My insatiable sweet tooth prevails. Reply
Jen May 12th, 2011 If I want to choke on a mouthful of dense bread dough, I’ll squish my dinner roll into a ball like I did when I was in kindergarten. Bagels can be replaced. Doughnuts? Never. “Doughnut substitute” yields zero results in a Google search, but “bagel substitute?” Oh yes. About 641,000 results. Reply
Traci June 14th, 2011 I really don’t know. I think I have to go with keeping the bagels. One of my favorite breakfast foods in a toasted bagel with butter. I don’t even really get to eat doughnuts either. Reply
