![]() The term is also used in southern German dialects, where beuge refers to a pile, e.g., holzbeuge ('woodpile'). Variants of the word beugal are used in Yiddish and in Austrian German to refer to a similar form of sweet-filled pastry Mohnbeugel, a pastry filled with poppy seeds, and Nussbeugel, a pastry filled with ground nuts. Its name derives from the Yiddish word beygal from the German dialect word beugel, meaning 'ring' or 'bracelet'. In the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, the bajgiel became a staple of Polish cuisine. ![]() There is some evidence that the bagel may have been made in Germany before being made in Poland. Linguist Leo Rosten wrote in The Joys of Yiddish about the first known mention of the Polish word bajgiel derived from the Yiddish word bagel in the "Community Regulations" of the city of Kraków in 1610, which stated that the food was given as a gift to women in childbirth. Bagels are also sold (fresh or frozen, often in many flavors) in supermarkets. īagels are now a popular bread product in North America and Poland, especially in cities with a large Jewish population. Bagels have been widely associated with Ashkenazi Jews since the 17th century they were first mentioned in 1610 in Jewish community ordinances in Kraków, Poland. Bagel-like bread known as obwarzanek was common earlier in Poland as seen in royal family accounts from 1394. The earliest known mention of a boiled-then-baked ring-shaped bread can be found in a 13th-century Syrian cookbook, where they are referred to as ka'ak. The basic roll-with-a-hole design, hundreds of years old, allows even cooking and baking of the dough it also allows groups of bagels to be gathered on a string or dowel for handling, transportation, and retail display. Different dough types include whole-grain and rye. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.īagels are often topped with seeds baked on the outer crust-traditional choices include poppy and sesame seeds-or with salt grains. ![]() It is traditionally shaped by hand into a roughly hand-sized ring from yeasted wheat dough that is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked. A bagel ( Yiddish: בײגל, romanized: beygl Polish: bajgiel also spelled beigel) is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. ![]()
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