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How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves
- slapshot 17y agoThis has huge bar-bet potential.
- alanthonyc 17y agoOops, sorry. Accidental downmod. Damn these tiny buttons on the iPhone.
- andrewcooke 17y agowhat a long explanation! i assume that's equivalent to slicing the "tube" while rotating the knife completely around the axis of the "tube". and if you only do half a rotation you should get a mobius bagel :o)
- gcheong 17y agoLike this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Vuh16r8o8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Vuh16r8o8
- andrewcooke 17y agobingo! thanks for that - i've been racking my head trying to think where in santiago i could buy a bagel tomorrow. now i have no need :o)
- raheemm 17y agoHe is especially known for workshops he has led around the world constructing very large models of four-dimensional polytopes (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), These extraordinary activities expose participants to important conceptual ideas they might never experience otherwise... his alternative introductions to mathematical topics are often effective for engaging students who are not attracted to traditional mathematics teaching. http://www.georgehart.com/research/hartbiog.html http://www.georgehart.com/research/hartbiog.html
- MikeCapone 17y agoI actually laughed out loud. Well done, sir.
- caffeine 17y agoI did as well. Savory.
- tokenadult 17y agoI first heard of George Hart in connection with Zometools, a fine educational toy for current or future hackers. http://www.zometool.com/ http://www.zometool.com/
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- k0n2ad 17y ago"In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area." Finally, maximum cream cheese intake problem solved.
- nooneelse 17y agoI'm sure some other cutting gives maximum cream cheese.
- mikeryan 17y agoSure if instead of making a solid line cut around the middle you use a wave or zig-zag you'd add more cream cheese. Or start from the top and cut in a spiral pattern like peeling an apple and you can get a long strip of bagel with tons of cream cheese application surface.
- wisdomtalks 17y agoJust Coooooooooooooool man
- Luyt 17y agoYummm, looks deliciously. Are bagels an american thing? I can't remember seeing them in Europe.
- philwelch 17y agoYou can usually find them in America, I don't know if we invented them though. It looks like they're of Polish Jewish origin.
- andrewcooke 17y agoare you joking? they are a european jewish thing (from poland, according to wikipedia). they only seem to be commercially popular in the usa/canada/uk, but you should be able to find them in any jewish deli/bakery in mainland europe.
- mseebach 17y agoWell, origin and source of popularity are two different things. While most yeast-free methods of baking can be traced to Jewish roots, the bagel in it's current, cream-cheese dressed form was made popular (and for most intents "invented") in the US, in much the same way as the minced beef introduced to Hamburg in the 19th century by Russian sailors bears little similarity to the food that made McDonalds successful.
- eru 17y agoNot to mention the Doner Kebap you get in Germany vs the Turkish original.
- mcotton 17y agoIf only I could order my bagle like this at a coffee shop.
- roundsquare 17y agoNew business idea? Call it "Mobius" and serve all your coffee and beverages out of klein bottles (with holes)? Find ways to Mobius-ify all the food...
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoI met George in March 2008 - fascinating man - and I have his screw-together cube puzzle: http://www.georgehart.com/puzzles/cube-puzzle.html http://www.georgehart.com/puzzles/cube-puzzle.html I wish I had more money so I could buy more of his stuff - it's utterly intriguing.
- theblackbox 17y agoAlmost totally unrelated: http://www.rogersconnection.com/ http://www.rogersconnection.com/ just wanted to strain your wallet a little further =P (and your mind, of course)
- leif 17y agoshout out to mglukhovsky and bkudria You guys should have taken his sculpture class.
- enobrev 17y agoThe doughnut version http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/12/even-cooler-the-mobius-doughnut.html http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/12/even-cooler-the-mobiu...