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  1. hughes

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    #2 hughes, Aug 28, 2010
    New York Bagel Party? lol
     
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    #3 KC Jr 54, Aug 28, 2010
    Ill pay that tax for some real NY bagels. I dont think the people up there realize how good they have it concerning food.

    The tax is stupid though...
     
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    #4 hughes, Aug 28, 2010
    I don't think places should taxing food, prepared or not. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #5 KC Jr 54, Aug 28, 2010
    Ehh taxing on prepped food is common and right IMO, but i think the stink comes in the fact the difference is whether the bagel is sliced or not.

    In Tyler, TX, bagels sliced or unsliced are taxed...
     
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    #6 hughes, Aug 28, 2010
    Common yes and justified yes, I am not a huge fan of taxation of food though. Other things I agree with. I wouldn't go as far to say they are "right" though.
     
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    #7 Minidave, Aug 28, 2010
    I think taxation in general in this country is completely out of hand...........

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    #8 PGT, Aug 28, 2010
    local governments can tax prepared food here. One reason I drive 2 miles down the road to avoid the 4% meal tax. I mean, the town is already gouging us on our water/sewer bill....charging 2x the rate of town residents.
     
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    #9 lotsie, Aug 28, 2010
    Back home If you buy one bagel, donut, muffin, you are taxed. Buy a half dozen, no tax.

    Mark
     
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    #10 minimark, Aug 28, 2010
    Given time the politicos will be taxing the very air we breath as if it is theirs to give....
     
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    #11 AliceCooper, Aug 28, 2010
    Hmmm. all this bagel talk makes me hungry time to break out the cream cheese, lox, onion and tomato.:D
     
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    #12 Metalman, Aug 28, 2010
    What..... No capers!
    The same place I buy my smoked meats also do their own smoked salmon. It is the best.

    Around Thanksgiving they will always have a special run of smoked whole turkeys. They always sell out.
     
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    #13 goaljnky, Aug 29, 2010
    What's next? A tax on briss?
     
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    #14 Metalman, Aug 29, 2010
    Not if you get it "to go". :)

    Errr.... "take out". :)
     
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    #15 hughes, Aug 29, 2010
    Briss?
    Capers?

    Wiki time...:confused5:
     
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    #16 Nathan, Aug 29, 2010
    Briss- really spelled Bris - Brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה [b'rīt mī'lā], Ashkenazi pronunciation, bris milôh, "covenant of circumcision"; Yiddish pronunciation, bris) is a Jewish religious circumcision ceremony performed on 8-day old male infants by a mohel. The brit milah is followed by a celebratory meal (seudat mitzvah).

    http://www.hulu.com/embed/kfnb80lkImIg2d1KZk-Wtw

    Capers - The salted and pickled caper bud (also called caper and gabbar for Turkish Cypriots) is often used as a seasoning or garnish. Capers are a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, especially Cypriot, Italian and Maltese. The mature fruit of the caper shrub is also prepared similarly, and marketed as caper berries.

    The buds, when ready to pick, are a dark olive green and about the size of a fresh kernel of corn. They are picked, then pickled in salt, or a salt and vinegar solution, or drained. Intense flavor is developed, as mustard oil (glucocapparin) is released from each caper bud. This enzymatic reaction also leads to the formation of rutin often seen as crystallized white spots on the surfaces of individual caper buds.

    Capers are a distinctive ingredient in Italian cuisine, especially in Sicilian and southern Italian cooking. They are commonly used in salads, pasta salads, pizzas, meat dishes and pasta sauces. Examples of uses in Italian cuisine are chicken piccata and salsa puttanesca.

    Capers are also known for being one of the ingredients of tartar sauce. They are also often served with cold smoked salmon or cured salmon dishes (especially lox and cream cheese). Capers are also sometimes substituted for olives to garnish a martini.
     
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    #17 Metalman, Aug 29, 2010
    Fresh toasted bagel + cream cheese + Smoked salmon + pickled capers = heaven.

    Briss...... Painful to think about.
     
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    #18 goaljnky, Aug 29, 2010
    You forgot a slice of red onion. For the bagel. Not the bris.
     
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    #19 Johngo, Aug 29, 2010
    How would a bris tax work??? Surly not on size??? :D
     
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    #20 goaljnky, Aug 29, 2010
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    I, for one would hope not. Else they would try to charge me back taxes.
     
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    #21 KittyMini, Aug 31, 2010
    Bagel tax????
    Damn government :incazzato: