# What do you put on bagels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551 "2012-01-05T22:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/41 "2012-01-06T02:14:47Z")
Jelly? On a bagel? _Monocle falls out, drops into tea_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/42 "2012-01-06T02:23:34Z")
Salmon cream cheese spread. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/43 "2012-01-06T02:45:57Z")
cream cheese butter hummus ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/44 "2012-01-06T03:13:23Z")
A bagel is clearly a bread product. So I can’t explain why the idea of putting jelly on a bagel seems wrong. But it somehow does. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/45 "2012-01-06T03:17:25Z")
Depends on my mood. I don’t really like lox, but I will put cream cheese on it, and yes, butter and jelly sometimes. Of course in my rural area we don’t get the bagels I remember from Chicago. They are more like white bread doughnuts labeled bagels. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/46 "2012-01-06T03:20:07Z")
Toasted bagel with nothing on it. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/47 "2012-01-06T03:33:33Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > My boyfriend claims that “everyone” puts jelly on bagels. I think he’s stupid. > > Everybody knows that most people put butter and/ or cream cheese on a bagel. Jelly is for English muffins and toast. Obviously. > > What do you put on your bagel? Cream cheese and bacon, and that’s the best set of poll answers I think I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/48 "2012-01-06T04:49:47Z")
I occasionally put Jelly & cream cheese on a bagel together. I also enjoy lox, onions, and capers on bagels; however, I’ve never had jelly and lox on the same bagel. I do enjoy jalapeño cream cheese on cinnamon raisin bagels. I also like bacon, egg & cheese sandwiches on bagels. I’ve had a bagel reuben and a bagel tuna melt. I’ve used bagels as the base of eggs benedict. I’ve made peanut butter & jelly sandwiches on bagels. I’ve diced bagels and used them in panzanella. I’ve put stale bagels in a food processor and used them for bread crumbs. I have to keep bagels away from my cats because they lick all the poppy seeds, garlic, and onions off them. They don’t touch the sesame seed bagels. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/49 "2012-01-06T05:06:18Z")
Cream cheese, either regular or honey walnut. If there is no cream cheese available, I will eat it plain. I’ve never seen anyone put jelly on a bagel. I don’t like the stuff, so I wouldn’t use it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/50 "2012-01-06T05:07:18Z")
I think you should dump him for this heresy. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/51 "2012-01-06T05:11:05Z")
Ham, papperjack cheese, and dijon mustard ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/52 "2012-01-06T05:23:16Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Jelly? What’s next, salsa? Actually, that sounds pretty good. (The salsa, not the jelly, you philistines.) And seeing as most of the bagels I get are savory (like sundried tomato or asiago parmesan), jelly would be…problematic. My toppings of choice are either onion and chive cream cheese, or tuna salad and cheddar. Also, your boyfriend is wack. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/53 "2012-01-06T05:24:47Z")
I rarely eat them. They’re bad for you, but they often make the table of some Jewish affair. My son likes them for lunch sometimes. The correct answer: melted peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/54 "2012-01-06T05:41:24Z")
I sometimes put jelly & cream cheese or butter but generally just butter. In the age of chocolate donut with bacon why not try every combo? ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/55 "2012-01-06T05:47:49Z")
I occasionally put cream cheese and jelly on my bagels. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/56 "2012-01-06T06:21:26Z")
I read the title as “What do you put on your haggis?” (tired, iPhone). That makes me pretty stupid- can I be your next boyfriend? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/57 "2012-01-06T06:39:09Z")
I’ve put jelly on a bagel a couple of times. It’s OK, but putting cream cheese on the bagel, without the jelly, is SO much better. What’s really good is cream cheese and ham on a bagel. I’ve had lox a couple of times, and really, I’d rather just have bagel with cream cheese. I’m not that fond of fish, even lox. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/58 "2012-01-06T06:43:41Z")
I’m sure he’s a sweet guy but jelly on a bagel makes no sense to me. I put butter and honey on garlic, onion or everything bagels and egg, sausage (pork roll if you’re in a respectable establishment) and cheese on any bagel variety. I’ll use cream cheese, if I have to, on plain or sweetened varieties. **Diosa** , Are there a lot of good bagels in SoCal? I’ve mostly had mediocre bagels since I left NJ so I am curious. ---
**Author:** ![highrollinwooded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@highrollinwooded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highrollinwooded)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/59 "2012-01-06T12:15:47Z")
Cream cheese and bacon…yum!! ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551/60 "2012-01-06T13:15:53Z")
Your boyfriend is clearly not stupid - he had enough sense to snap you up, after all. But he is badly misguided on this issue. Bagels should go naked before they get jellied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-on-bagels/608551.md?page=4)