> If you don't eat [bagels] within the hour they're not good anymore This is a very New York/New Jersey perspective. And I respect that your palette is too ref

> If you don't eat [bagels] within the hour they're not good anymore This is a very New York/New Jersey perspective. And I respect that your palette is too refined to ever accept a non-fresh bagel. But there are people who live outside of NY/NJ, who don't have a bagel shop down the street. And you may be surprised to learn that some of us love bagels, and will even eat a toasted bagel. I understand this is an abomination no New Yorker or New Jerseyan would ever touch. But I can assure you many of us with lower standards get quite a bit of joy out of a good re-toasted bagel. If a bagel is sliced and frozen shortly after baking it actually keeps fairly well. Again, I can't recommend you ever try a toasted bagel yourself. You would certainly be disgusted by it, as any respectable New Yorker would be. But for the rest of us they can be quite enjoyable.