Are There Really Any Bad Bagel Orders?

While the bagel hasn't really entered the disturbing culinary school of thought that brought you the Krispy Kreme Double Down, there's a new Twitter in town dedicated to one-off bad bagel orders, fittingly titled: Bad Bad Bagel—but can one really make a bad decision when ordering a bagel? Well, it was inspired by a recently overheard (and questionable) order of whitefish on cinnamon raisin—but that could be a thing people like, no? In the name of research, we took to the local bagel shop and procured a variety of (unsliced!) bagels and cream cheese flavors, then paired them up with toppings like: tomato, radish, chocolate sprinkles, banana and Nutella. Without getting into the nauseating details, the definitive outcome is that you can do wrong when topping a bagel... but you can do no wrong when Nutella is involved.

What do you crave when it comes to bagel toppings? And don't forget to contribute to the Bad Bad Bagel Twitter when you overhear a strange combo.

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By Jen Carlson in Food on August 31, 2010 1:00 PM

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Potty Boy

I don't care about the spread as long as the bagel is scooped.

heycarrieann

White fish on a cinnamon raisin sounds like pregnancy food.

Guest

Nutella makes me want to hurl cream cheese all over everything.

Guest

while i'm completely twit-less, i only put sweet things on my bagel -- no lox, and definitely no radishes. mmm, nutella.

CR

General rule of thumb: if a flavor of bagel is not included in the ingredients of an Everything bagel, then you shouldn't be eating it. There are a few exceptions (egg bagels, pumpernickel, etc - things you see in normal bagel stores all the time). Bagel flavors that make me want to hurt someone: blueberry, asiago cheese, chocolate.

As far as what goes on a bagel is concerned, you should be smart enough to figure that out. Have some class.

stipulation

This is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever seen on Gothamist. you are basing an entire article on a twitter account that is only an hour and a half older than the article itself (and that just tweeted "I like turtles"). This is terrible. You have ruined my day.

Jen Chung

I think the "I like turtles" was a joke—the Twitter password was made public so people could enter their own bad bagel combination. And Twitter is not unusual as an inspiration/jumping-off point—hello, shitmydadsays and the CBS show.