A Brief History on Bagels.

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A few minutes ago I looked up how to make bagels and lox, which might seem kind of silly because there isn't a whole lot to it. But while scrolling through the search results I landed on the history of bagels and lox. I am going to share this information with you in a two part special hehe. This first part will have to do with the bagels, and the second part will have to do with the lox, or smoked salmon part of the meal. In the twelfth and thirteenth century it was pretty much common practice for Jewish people to be outlawed from commmercial baking. This was by law, not just a suggestion. This came fromt a belief that the because the Jewish people were an enemy of the church, they should not be given bread- partially because of its roll in the Christian beliefs and practice. inn 1624 however a Polish prince issued a decree that the ban be lifted and Jewish people be allowed to buy, consume and touch bread (I kid you not that was part of the decree). In reaction to this, two years later a group of Polish bishops made it so Christians were forbidden to purchase foodstuffs including brread from Jewish people. The story is that Jewish people were allowed to work with bread that was boiled, and huzzah the bagel was born. I actually found this pretty interesting. I had no idea there was such a rich history behind the yummy breakfast food. But like they say, you learn something new every day.