Apparently, I invented the Everything Bagel
Go figure.
Today’s New Yorker reports that Dave Gussin invented the everything bagel in 1980.
Unfortunately for Dave, I worked in a bagel factory in 1977. I broke my finger and was almost killed (really) by a giant bagel mixer. Long, sad, noisy story.
When I wasn’t injured, I was busy baking bagels. Including the everything bagel. (We also made blueberry bagels, which are as bad as you imagine that they are, and green ones for St. Patrick’s Day). Since it’s being reported on the Internet, it must be true. Thank me the next time you’ve got seeds stuck in your teeth.
[For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of this post wasn’t to claim that I invented the everything bagel. I did not, and didn’t mean to imply that I did. It was to point out that sometimes fact checkers get it wrong, and when common things are invented, they’re usually invented in many many places by many people. I’ve confirmed that the shop where I worked served everything bagels from the start. I was an early employee, but they pre-dated me. They probably pre-dated my grandfather, actually.]