Dryers, bagels and bagels are united by the fact that they are made from the same ingredients using the same technology - preliminary scalding of ring-shaped bakery products followed by baking. Only bagels have a more rich dough consistency, and the drying is finer and more baked. Almost the same product has different names, which is explained by the linguistic characteristics of the places where they first appeared.
Bagels, bagels and dryers in modern bakery production belong to the same nomenclature name - bagels. This is probably why many consumers do not think too much about the subtleties in the difference between these bread ring-shaped dainties. Moreover, there are already a lot of pastries on the shelves lately. But there was a time when, much later than the traditional Russian loaf and roll, these products appeared. The most expensive gift for children from parents who came from the fair was a bundle of fragrant bagels, which were often sprinkled with poppy seeds.
What do a bagel, donut and drying have in common
You don't need to be a connoisseur to highlight the common feature of these three bread products - a dough rope twisted into a ring. But, oddly enough, this did not in any way affect the appearance of names, which are based not on external similarity, but on the manufacturing technology. I must say that in terms of the composition of the products required for the manufacture of donut products, they are all absolutely similar. Classic bagels are made from flour, salt and yeast, but the main secret lies in their pre-scalding.
Only after dipping the bagels into boiling water or milk, they are sent to the oven. The scalding time depends on how quickly the donuts float to the surface. This usually happens after 15-20 seconds. Therefore, initially, the bagels were called scalded, scalded, abaranka (“obarinok” in Ukrainian), and as a result, they were transformed to the usual today - the steering wheel.
Boiling water is not used in the manufacture of bagels today, they are simply poured over with hot steam, but the name remains the same. Drying for its ability to long-term storage is sometimes called canned bread, because they are the same bagels, but only thin and heavily dried. This is the definition that can be found in Dahl's dictionary. For the first time the name of a small bagel - "drying" was recorded in writing as a dialect of the Voronezh province in 1858, but gradually it took its place in the literary language. Although in the Pskov and Novgorod provinces, for a long time, a small dry steering wheel, measuring 2-4 cm in diameter, was called a lamb.
What does the donut have to do with it?
It is believed that the word "bagel" and the cooking technology itself appeared in Russia thanks to the Belarusians, while bagels were spread by Eastern European Jews living in Ukraine. Thanks to this fact, for a long time, bagels and dryers on store shelves were called "Moscow", and bagels "Odessa". But the very technology of making bagels still implies their mandatory scalding. True, the bagel dough is made more rich and friable, and the products themselves are flavored with a variety of sprinkles or fillings. Sometimes these ingredients are added directly to the dough.
Such a characteristic feature of this type of baking, such as splendor and friability, is reflected in the name - a bagel. The word "bubel" without a diminutive suffix has always existed in the Slavic languages, and in Ukrainian too. It meant the sound that appears when bubbles burst. Bubble, that is, pout, bubble. Bagels became widespread in Russia only in the 19th century, although in Europe they have been known since the beginning of the 17th century under the name "bagel" - stirrup, but this in no way diminishes the importance of the Jews in their invention. Quite the opposite, there is a legend that the first bagel was baked by a Jewish pastry chef from Vienna as a token of gratitude for the victory over the Turks and presented to the king of the Polish-Lithuanian principality Jan Sobieski, who was a true connoisseur of horses. So, baking with a hole in the middle in the shape of a stirrup began its triumphant march around the world.
