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蓝色格调:咖啡杯与面包圈连战皆捷
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  Sweet, salty, rich or light—no matter the taste, there's a bagel to match it. Once relegated1 to the breakfast table, bagels are now served at any time of the day and in more flavors than you can shake a stick at.2

  In its basic form, a bagel consists of flour, water, salt and yeast. It's twisted into a donut shape, and is the only bread product that is boiled in water before it's baked. This creates its characteristic hard, glazed crust and chewy interior.

  The origin of the bagel is something of a mystery, but it probably dates back to 1683. According to legend, a Jewish baker in Vienna, Austria wanted to thank the king of Poland for protecting his countrymen from Turkish invaders. He baked him a special hard roll shaped as a stirrup3 (bugel in German) in celebration of the king's favorite pastime.

  Two centuries later, courtesy of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, bagels hit American shores. There, the art of making bagels became a closely guarded secret as the Bagel Bakers' Union only admitted sons of its members as apprentices. However, as the bagel's popularity grew, the secret diminished.4 Today, bagels can be found anywhere, from supermarkets to coffee shops, around the world.

蓝色格调:咖啡杯与面包圈连战皆捷

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  They're the greatest thing since sliced bread.

  那真是一项好用的发明。

  不管是甜的、咸的、浓的或淡的,面包圈(注)都应有尽有。曾经有一度面包圈只出现在早餐桌上,现在则是随时都可以吃到,而且口味丰富多样,多得数都数不清。

  面包圈的基本原料是面粉、水、盐和酵母,它外型做成圆圈的形状,是惟一一种烘烤前先用水煮过的面食,这种做法使它具有表面坚韧且光滑、里面又很耐嚼的特色。

  面包圈的起源有些神秘,不过大致可回溯至1683年。据说是奥地利首都维也纳的一名犹太面包师傅,为了感谢波兰国王保护他的同胞免受土耳其侵略,特意制作了一种圆形硬面包,状似马镫(bagel德语名为bugel,意为马镫铁),以纪念国王最喜欢的消遣活动。

  两个世纪后,东欧的犹太移民使面包圈登上了美洲大陆。在那里,面包圈的制作被视为最高机密,因为面包圈师父工会只接纳会员的儿子做学徒学艺。不过随着面包圈受欢迎程度的增加,它的神秘感也随之递减。如今在世界各地,从超级市场到咖啡店,面包圈随处可见。




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1. relegate

vt. 使降级

2. more than one can shake a stick at

n. phr. (数量)多得数不清

3. stirrup

n. 马镫

4. diminish

vi. 减少


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