Bread-Bakers v108.n012.9

Which are the bagels like that you are trying to replicate?  Big, 
light bagels are easier to duplicate than firm, small, dense ones in 
my experience, because I couldn't work fast enough to keep them from 
rising while I was shaping and boiling them.

--diane in los angeles
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