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Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by irrational »

mushyhammer wrote: post #40
sandworm101 wrote: post #10

Read before attempting: https://newyorkerbagels.com/bagel-safety-dont-be-an-er-stati... Seriously. As any nurse about a "bagel injury" and they will know exactly what you are talking about. It is so common that it is addressed in some military first aid courses.

I really hope this isn’t really that common. Like how bad do you have to be with a knife and do you really need someone to tell you it’s going to be a tad difficult to cut a frozen piece of bread? Basic safety tip: Don’t pull or point pointy bits towards your meaty bits.

My sister in law cut off a finger cutting a bagel (it was sewed back on). Seriously. I thought she was just careless (and has way too sharp of knives), but maybe it’s more common than I thought?

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by jacobolus »

shakna wrote: post #45
jacobolus wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 0.24% chance of being one of those people injured, each day 2,000 / 330,000,000 / 365 = 0.00000166% chance of daily bagel injury. Not sure what calculation you did, but as far as I can tell it is off by 5 orders of magnitude.

(2000 / (300000000 / 365)) * 100 You seem to have forgotten to move the decimal place to get a percentage.

Oh, you have the 365 in the numerator instead of the denominator. That would do it. :-)

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by bombcar »

phamilton wrote: post #46
mushyhammer wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really hope this isn’t really that common. Like how bad do you have to be with a knife and do you really need someone to tell you it’s going to be a tad difficult to cut a frozen piece of bread? Basic safety tip: Don’t pull or point pointy bits towards your meaty bits.

This reminds me of a really interesting safety tip in the woodworking world: A chisel is always a two handed tool. Either two hands on the tool itself, or one hand on the chisel and another holding a mallet. Either way, the piece needs to be in a vice or otherwise rendered immobile. Every dumb thing I've done with a chisel has been trying to use it at an odd angle or stabilizing the piece with one hand and holding th…

Now I have the idea of a kitchen vice hmmmmm

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by blindmute »

na85 wrote: post #48
bryans wrote: post #13

> In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area. As someone who uses half of a brick per bagel regardless of size, I'd say surface area is a non-limiting factor for cream cheese application. If you want more cream cheese, just have more cream cheese -- it's delicious, on top of being more filling (and arguably healthier) than the bagel itself.

I used to love cream cheese until I looked at the ingredients list. Buncha weird ass bean gums and stuff. No thanks. Now I use ricotta, or just butter.

Yep, it's a chemical product for sure, full of xantham gum and other such "ingredients". Some cheap brands you can actually taste the gum, or so it seems... I stopped eating it

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by climb_stealth »

mushyhammer wrote: post #40
sandworm101 wrote: post #10

Read before attempting: https://newyorkerbagels.com/bagel-safety-dont-be-an-er-stati... Seriously. As any nurse about a "bagel injury" and they will know exactly what you are talking about. It is so common that it is addressed in some military first aid courses.

I really hope this isn’t really that common. Like how bad do you have to be with a knife and do you really need someone to tell you it’s going to be a tad difficult to cut a frozen piece of bread? Basic safety tip: Don’t pull or point pointy bits towards your meaty bits.

Seriously, the worst cut I have had has been when cutting a loaf of bread with the wrong knife. It was a fresh loaf as well. Cut half into one finger tip and a sliced a piece off the tip of another. It just takes one moment of frustrated bread-doesn't-cut-wrangling and a slip.

My lesson from it: buy a serrated bread knife instead of trying to make do with whatever is in the at the time super minimal kitchen drawer. Saw the bread instead of trying to cut it.

To be honest, I would have laughed at the thought of cutting myself whilst cutting bread of all things as well before it happened.

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by elyobo »

bryans wrote: post #13

> In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area. As someone who uses half of a brick per bagel regardless of size, I'd say surface area is a non-limiting factor for cream cheese application. If you want more cream cheese, just have more cream cheese -- it's delicious, on top of being more filling (and arguably healthier) than the bagel itself.

I thought I liked cream cheese until I bought bagels in NYC and there was more cream cheese than bagel. Even I can't eat that, got used to scraping off half the topping (and it was still half a brick left).

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by msarchet »

irrational wrote: post #51
mushyhammer wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really hope this isn’t really that common. Like how bad do you have to be with a knife and do you really need someone to tell you it’s going to be a tad difficult to cut a frozen piece of bread? Basic safety tip: Don’t pull or point pointy bits towards your meaty bits.

My sister in law cut off a finger cutting a bagel (it was sewed back on). Seriously. I thought she was just careless (and has way too sharp of knives), but maybe it’s more common than I thought?

Sharp knives are far better than dull knives. They don't slip. Don't require too much force. With the added benefit of when you cut your finger off they can sew it back on from a clean cut :D

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by atdrummond »

na85 wrote: post #48
bryans wrote: post #13

> In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area. As someone who uses half of a brick per bagel regardless of size, I'd say surface area is a non-limiting factor for cream cheese application. If you want more cream cheese, just have more cream cheese -- it's delicious, on top of being more filling (and arguably healthier) than the bagel itself.

I used to love cream cheese until I looked at the ingredients list. Buncha weird ass bean gums and stuff. No thanks. Now I use ricotta, or just butter.

For what it's worth, it's very easy to make at home or buy at a farmer's market without any industrial stabilisers. In larger cities, you can also get the same product (cream cheese without the various gums and other additives) at Mexican/Hispanic grocers where it will be called queso filadelfia.

Re: Mathematically correct breakfast: How to slice a bagel into two linked halves (2009)

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Post by onion2k »

bombcar wrote: post #54
phamilton wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds me of a really interesting safety tip in the woodworking world: A chisel is always a two handed tool. Either two hands on the tool itself, or one hand on the chisel and another holding a mallet. Either way, the piece needs to be in a vice or otherwise rendered immobile. Every dumb thing I've done with a chisel has been trying to use it at an odd angle or stabilizing the piece with one hand and holding th…

Now I have the idea of a kitchen vice hmmmmm

That would be very useful for all the times when you use a kitchen chisel.
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