Odd questions

regularly I eat bottom first though not always.

Bottom first, but please don’t ask me why because I have no idea!

On a similar topic, a few years ago they supposedly took a survey of people on the street in Manhattan as to whether they preferred ketchup or mustard on a hot dog. The result was most preferred ketchup, but would prefer not to admit to it! Coming from the midwest, I’m a ketchup guy.

Bagel halves are one thing, but let's get seriously odd. This one has bugged be for decades. What time is it at the South Pole?

In theory all time zones exist at the South Pole, and North Pole as well. So if you stand 5-feet away from where all the longitudinal lines meet (the Geographic Pole), and walk in a circle, you have walked through all 24 time zones in the span of a few seconds. See https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/antarctica.

The South Pole is technically on land, or at least something firm, whereas the North Pole is located in water. For other weird things about the South Pole, see https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/south-pole/.

I'm not certain there is a top or bottom.

One surface may have more "stuff" on it than another, seeds, salt, etc.

It's kind of like asking how many edges does a bagel have or do you cut the crust off a bagle when you use it to make a sandwich?

Yes, it's always the time you think it could be.

I have noticed. People will quite often put their glasses on to "HEAR" better!

Maybe the glasses have the hearing built in....

…some people put ketchup on their French fries and other people put a pile of ketchup on their napkin and dip the fries in the ketchup?

Why do people ask these questions?

They use Mayonnaise with their fries and you have to ask and pay extra for ketchup.

BTW: In Australia ketchup is called Tomato Sauce!

then what is tomato sauce called?
Who uses malt vinegar on their french fries?

The English use it for their Fish and chips and many Canadians given a choice will use Malt Vinegar too.

In the USA it is damn hard to get any kind of vinegar at any fast food joints. They look at you as if you have two heads!

I've worn glasses for 60 years, and I think I have probably done this since my 20s at least (now 73).

Maybe we do this in order to aid understanding by lip-reading, or simply to pick-up on other visual cues?

Or, maybe we glasses-people always feel slightly naked when we are not wearing them. I would rather be caught without my clothes than without my glasses.

Always vinegar on french-fries, and Malt vinegar at that.

(although I confess to gravy in a previous life, but only when the fries are accompanied by a hot-beef or hot-turkey sandwich.)

Whichever half I prepared last and is still in my hand gets the first bite.

I like to dip my fries, that way is a lot less messy for the hands.

I've ever had them was when they were provided at work, in which case, I bit into both halves as if a sandwich.

What I've never understood is what's special about the Montreal bagel.

One shop opened up in Phila 10 years ago and like everything else it was a hit then faded away.

Now Montreal smoked meat, that is special. In the 90s my buddy and I would go to this place called Chenoys 25h, and it had both smoked meat and smoked salmon on the brunch buffet. With the exchange rate at 1.6x, it was like we were celebrities. We tipped $10-$20 on a $20 check lol

You are so silly. Just had to think of something to make us smile.
Mary

KFC had it the last time we were there (3 years ago). I think it is Long John Silver that is in with KFC. Long John Silver had it and I loved it. Not much of a fish eater but this made the fish much better.

Montreal bagels are boiled in water with honey, and as a result are sweeter than New York bagels. They are then baked in wood-fired ovens which yield a higher temperature and hence a crunchier and a deeper colored crust. Side by side, and I've had them that way while doing an RV at the Canadian Grand Prix, they are distinctly different!

Did you like either one better?

I can't help but feel that often something in Montreal that is food related, will be very good!

I still think that KFC is something "better" than the rest. But we only have one within a 10 mile radius (I think) and it has terrible terrible service. When compared to Popeye's and Royal Farms, imho way better. Royal Farms was very good when they came to this area, and cheap too, like $8 for 10 pieces or something. Now it's like $13 for 8 pieces, rip off.

When I was in college, the local Arthur Treacher's had all you can eat. That's not a good idea near any colleges. I once went by myself and probably ate 10 pieces (at age 19). The malt vinegar makes it very tasty, as does to me, tartar sauce.

I prefer a hard roll & cream cheese instead of a bagel.

I always eat the side I don't drop on the floor first.

+1

On average, how many groves are on one side of a 33 1/3 LP record?

I don't know the answer. What I do know is that any record (33, 45, 78 rpm) has one (only one!) groove per side. It runs the whole length.

I'm not aware of any orange (or other) grove on a record.

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway??

what was the question again?

Ever wonder about the number of belt loops you have on the pants you wear? Why is it always an odd number and not an even one? Most of the pants I wear have 7 belt loops but some have 9 and one pair has 8.

I do
put ma glasses on to hear better
gunfire deafness
I don't hear much,
hearing aids don't work with the damage,
there isn't anything to attach implants to
If I dont see your mouth, everyone sounds like the teachers on charlie brown

the last years have been difficult

I have selective hearing.
I only hear those people I care to listen to and respond.
All others are only lip movements.
Their lips are moving and I think blah-blah-blah.
And I sometimes take my glasses off so I can ignore them and pretend they are not speaking to me.

only place that i know of which still has vingar is 2 guys burgers and fries. used to get it at H salt fish and chips but they went bust long time ago.

Do you mean Five Guys? I know of a 2 Fat Guys in Hockessin Delaware. They make awesome burgers but don't know if they have vinegar.

Malt vinegar on fries is a staple along the MD/DE beaches. They refer to them as Beach Fries.

I eat bottom first. I put cream cheese on the bottom and butter on the top. I save the buttered part to eat last.

Where I hang out, beach fries come with Old Bay Seasoning and the apple cider vinegar is considered optional.

I put cream cheese and butter on both sides of a toasted bagel. I save the top with "Everything" until last!
Mark

I like a toasted bagel with onion chive cream cheese and peanut butter.

I like marmalade on mine.

I never cared for marmalade as I found the taste to be weird. I would be quite content if the World had never had marmalade. Different strokes for different folks.

A nice Orange Marmalade on a toasted bagel that the butter has nicely melted on, yummy.

that there have been so many comments about the English use of vinegar on French Fries, but I have not noticed anyone comment about the Canadian usage of French Fries with cheese curds and brown gravy - aka "Poutine".

As much closer neighbors, I would expect many more people to be aware of their practice than know about the English use of vinegar.

- Tom -

Kraft makes a "cheese" spread called Cheez Whiz, here in the Philadelphia PA area it's popular to melt that and dip our french fries into it on just pour it all over them.

Bottom first. Always.

Traveled thorough parts of Canada during a 7 week camping trip from Northern California to Fairbanks, Alaska. Had multiple chances to try Poutine but never did so. At a later time we visited with 2 Canadian couples after a cruise and took them to dinner. Whatever I ordered came with chips (fries) and I was asked if I wanted gravy with them. I didn't even think about it until later (I said no at the time) but I was likely being offered Poutine. D'Oh! Perhaps one day I will give it a try.

A note regarding chips vs fries: We recently returned from a cruise and one of those Canadian couples sailed with us. The woman ordered some chicken strip and chips from room service and was totally surprised when she received potato chips. She told us that she had ordered chips and, "they brought me crisps!".

yes I meant to say 5 guys but fat fingers had other ideas, have a great week.

I bought some malt vinegar just the other day from WalMart. We wanted to puck up Long John Silvers but I can't eat fish without the vinegar to take the fish taste away and my husband loves fish. I was surprised that they had it and it did make the fish and fries great.
The only problem was we ordered two fish meals without drinks $14.00 and change. We ordered two extra sides of corn. The corn came in a 3 inch bowl about 1/2 inch deep. Not much corn but after adding the corn it was $22.00. I could have bough a lot of corn for that!

The softness and skin on the top is worth waiting for, unless the bagel is the bread of a sandwich, then both top & bottom together, of course!