il Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:05:52 -0500, circe @nospam.internet.look.ca ha
scritto:
[snip]
> When I couldn't get the ends of the ropes to stick together - that's
> what made the one croissant-shaped bagel, I did poke a hole in the
> centre instead but the dough was too dry to stick to itself and they
> still turned out lumpy. In fact one bagel I made with the poke the
> hole in the middle method still had ridges around the top outside edge
> from when I'd cut it off the dough ball. Looked as if I'd rolled a
> long cylinder about 4" in diameter then just sliced off each bagel
> individually.
[snip]

My recipe says to roll them into balls, then poke a hole in them.
They're not meant to be slices of dough. Then rest and rise, then
boil, then bake. Then eat :-))
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Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]