Formula Six: Bagel Dough

The origin of the bagel is still hotly debated. One version tells the tale of the first bagel being created by a Viennese baker as an homage to King Jan of Poland. Through his exceptional cavalry skills, this king helped defeat the Turks in 1683, and the ring-shaped bagel, representing a round stirrup, was invented to honor him. Some historians dismiss this story as folklore, citing evidence of the bagel describing a baked good given as a gift to women in childbirth and midwives in t