Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
Now, if you want a truly Jewish bread, try a bialy, which never made it mainstream because it doesn't keep nearly as well.
Finding a good bialy (even in New York) is very challenging. There are only two or three great bialy bakers left in NYC.
The bialy dough is different from bagel dough, the prep is different and most importantly, back in the last century, bagel bakers and bialy bakers belonged to different unions so the two products could never be made in the same bakery. (The preceding information is from my deceased parents so I can't truly validate it.)
I much prefer a bialy to a bagel, particularly the tasteless
gentile product that's taken over the bagel world, but they're almost impossible to find.