Bagels

We generally go for a very simple meal for Shavuot lunch: Husbinator stays up all night learning, so we never know when we'll want to eat. This year, we decided on bagels, lox, and cream cheese: it's a real treat and takes about 5 minutes to prepare the meal. But this is Israel. The Jewish Homeland. The country that is chock-full of Jews and mysteriously devoid of bagels. So after giving it a good bit of thought, I decided I'd buy some artisan rolls, since they have a good crust. Not a bagel, but it should be good with lox and cream cheese. However, while wandering around the bakery today, shamelessly poking their bread and rolls, I found an entire shelving unit full of bagels. They look like real bagels. They feel like real bagels. I am all nerves waiting for Shavuot to see if they taste like real bagels.