Happy Bagels And Lox Day, everybody! Of the many random food "holidays" this month, today's is easily our favorite. Not that we need a reason to enjoy one of the delicacies that New York City does best (always have, always will: suck it, Montreal). But now that the big day has arrived (who knew!), anybody down for a trip to Russ & Daughters?
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How Are You Celebrating Bagel And Lox Day?
Lox Lens: Appetizing Shops In NYC, Then And Now
Of all of the many, many foods representative of New York City, perhaps none have remained so deeply tied to tradition than appetizings. Not appetizers, mind you—appetizings (noun), from an appetizing shop—things like smoked salmon, cream cheese spreads, and salads; or, as Wikipedia puts it, "the foods one eats with bagels." They arrived in New York with the huge wave of Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century, and owe their strange name to a kosher dietary law stating that meat and dairy can't be eaten or sold together. As a result, two different types of food stores cropped up: delicatessens (delis), which serve pickled, cured and smoked meats, and appetizings (appys), which handled the fish and dairy goods.
Borough Park Lox Shoplifter Gets NY Post Punishment
In the most pun-packed story we've read in the NY Post for quite some time, the tabloid giddily reports that "a bagel-brained bandit stuffed a dozen packs of smoked salmon in his pants at a Brooklyn deli—but got schmeared by a couple of workers before he could get out the door, police said yesterday. And now he's the catch of the day at Rikers." Bookmark this link for the corny grandpa in your life! Spoiler alert: By the time the Borough Park Shomrim patrol handed over suspect Sergey Muzlayov to the police, blood was gushing from his head. And so the message is clear: You mess with their lox, you're gonna get creamed.
Is Lox Kosher? Or Crawling with Tiny Worms?
Chevra Mehadrin, a small group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis, recently announced a ban on lox, claiming a parasite that attaches itself to salmon makes it non-kosher. The Orthodox Union says the bagel topping is safe, despite sometimes carrying a worm called anisakis. "The issue has been resolved in Jewish law for hundreds of years already," Rabbi Moshe Elefant told the Post, dismissing the upstate rabbis’ suggestion. But kosher or not, are New Yorkers really spreading worms on their bagels?
The Hunt For The $177 Bagel
The charges lobbed against Councilman Larry Seabrook (D-Bronx) by federal investigators are pretty stunning, but one count stands out from the rest: The allegation that the third-term politician doctored a $7 receipt for a bagel and drink so he was reimbursed $177. Thankfully, the city's press corps has followed up to see whether a $177 bagel exists, and if so, what it tastes like.
My Whitefish Salad Runneth Over: H&H Bagels Reopens!
Well, that was quick: the Upper West Side location of H&H Bagels reopened this afternoon, after being seized by the government for non-payment of taxes early this morning. The State Department of Taxation and Finance this afternoon told the CityRoom that the retail location of H&H and its Hell's Kitchen bakery owed more than $100,000 in back taxes. Clerks at the UWS bagel store have returned to laying out lox slices and buttering those poppyseed selling plain, unadorned bagels like there's no tomorrow, and have been specifically instructed not to talk about the temporary seizure. A woman at H&H's flagship (identifying herself as “Blanca, just Blanca”) said the seizure was “a misunderstanding that has been cleared up." The tax department differs; CityRoom explains, "so many tax warrants, or liens, had piled up by Friday that the department was still struggling to provide a full accounting to reporters." H&H hopes to have everything cleared up by today, so that no more locks will be hoisted upon on the House of Lox.
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