National Bagel Day and National Pizza Day in USA
National Bagel Day and National Pizza Day in USA is held on February 9. National Bagels and Lox Day. This event in the first decade of the month February is annual. Help us
Unlike any other type of bread known to man, bagels are dipped in boiling water for approximately 3-5 minutes before going in the oven to get their golden exterior. Since the crust is set from the boiling process, bagels don't rise as much as other bread once baked in the oven, giving bagels their dense and chewy interior. How long you boil a bagel greatly affects the crust and texture inside.
From 15th-century Poland to 21st-century New York, bagels have been through it all. Still one other version dates the first bagels to the late 17th century in Austria, saying that bagels were invented in 1683 by a Viennese baker trying to pay tribute to the King of Poland, Jan Sobieski.
Lox originated in Scandinavia, where fishermen in Sweden perfected the art of preserving salmon in saltwater brine sometime in the 19th century.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Food Freedom Day in Canada on February 9 (date may vary);
National Pulque Day in Mexico on February 9 (Held on the second Sunday of February);
World Pulses Day on February 10 (UN: A/RES/73/251. Dried beans, lentils and peas are the most commonly known and consumed types of pulses. Pulses are a type of leguminous crop that are harvested solely for the dry seed.);