Dec 8 2009Scientific!: How To Cut A Möbius Strip Bagel
And they said it wasn't possible to cut a bagel into a Möbius strip! Didn't they? I'm sure somebody did. But boy were they wrong! You think it works for donuts too? What about Hot Pockets?!
Professor and artist George Hart figures out how to cut a bagel into two congruent halves--they "pass through each other's holes, like two links of a chain." One bagel. Two halves. Unbroken. Interlocking.
Impossible, you say? Not when "the motion of the knife follows the surface of a two-twist Möbius strip." Yes, in a single long knife cut, you can transform an everyday bagel into two linked halves. And the best part?"It is much more fun to put cream cheese on these bagels than on an ordinary bagel. In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area."
More surface area for cream cheese? Count me in! I can't get enough of that stuff -- it's both creamy AND cheesy. Whoever invented that shit deserves a Nobel Prize in MAKING MY MOUTH HAPPY. God does too. For nipples.
Coolest Thing We've Ever Seen: Mobius Strip Bagel [newyork.seriouseats]
Thanks to Jessi and Ellie, who know how to cut pizza slides into Möbius strips.
Reader Comments
1. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 3:13 PM
do it with a doughnut and the I'll be impressed
2. Visiontm - December 8, 2009 3:20 PM
I did it with a doughnut, but the hole was a bit too big.
3. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 3:23 PM
@2 that's what he said
4. ObamaPacman - December 8, 2009 3:24 PM
@2,3, LOL
Hum gotta try this. People would be so confused.
5. Closet Nerd - December 8, 2009 3:27 PM
"Thanks to Jessi and Ellie, who know how to cut pizza slides into Möbius strips."
What the hell are "pizza slides" and where the hell can i find them?!
I got the munchies like a mofo..... just sayin
6. Melissa - December 8, 2009 3:30 PM
I love you GW
7. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 3:35 PM
so when i first saw this...well just look at what my reaction was
http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/4111/original/hedgehog_lold.jpg
8. Davo - December 8, 2009 3:35 PM
You guys should all be ashamed of yourselves making fun of bagels with mobius syndrome. I'm never reading this website again...until the next post is up.
9. jimu - December 8, 2009 3:36 PM
The Möbius Doughnut:
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/12/even-cooler-the-mobius-doughnut.html
10. Brrrrian - December 8, 2009 3:39 PM
again croissants get left in the dust
11. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 3:46 PM
@10 that's because nobody like's the french
12. Closet Nerd - December 8, 2009 3:59 PM
@10(&11) The only thing the French are good at is making toast!!!
13. White667 - December 8, 2009 4:08 PM
That looks amazing...
14. brownieee - December 8, 2009 4:24 PM
And french fries...mmmmm.
15. Crazywow - December 8, 2009 4:29 PM
"they "pass through each other's holes, "
I stopped reading here, had to.
16. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 4:30 PM
french fries arent even french..WTF! and Nerd you havent had french toast until an eastern european african albino jew has made it with his bare hands
17. brownieee - December 8, 2009 4:53 PM
So wat! Who cares, that does not remove the delicious factor..duhhh!
18. Closet Nerd - December 8, 2009 5:03 PM
@16 Last time I had french toast it was prepared by a Stoned Egyptian Hippie (my wife) with her Egyptian hands.... (she doesn't have bear hands)
French fries get their name from the "french" cut that makes them.... as I'm sure you knew as per your comment.
19. fyritke - December 8, 2009 5:05 PM
@5: http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Pizza-Slider-Burgers.aspx
Mmmmm.
20. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 8, 2009 5:10 PM
Indeed i did not know that Nerd thank you for the information
21. Jimmy Fury - December 8, 2009 6:01 PM
creamycheeseycheeseycreamy.
creamy.
must.go.watch.foamy...
22. Closet Nerd - December 8, 2009 7:54 PM
@19 I recently had these burgers and they were BANGIN!!!!!
I prefer raw onions over fried onions though.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/neelys/mini-memphis-burgers-recipe/index.html
23. Bryan - December 8, 2009 8:04 PM
INFINITE SHMEAR!
24. Gorramit - December 8, 2009 8:10 PM
@ #15, yeah, I saw that too. I dont know about anyone else but I dont like the idea of eating gay bagles.
P.S. Obviously I am joking. Only retards are homophobes.
25. bad body - December 8, 2009 10:00 PM
I prefer raw onions over fried onions though.
26. anglenice - December 8, 2009 10:08 PM
Indeed i did not know that Nerd thank you for the information
27. Neil - December 9, 2009 8:00 AM
"Coolest Thing We've Ever Seen"
Those people at Serious Eats need to start taking their meds then maybe the nice people at the happy rest home for the mentally bewildered will let them rejoin society.
28. Jaded Icon - December 9, 2009 8:16 AM
@ 18
I only eat french toast made by a wop dago......they taste like olive oil.
I just tried a crunchy french toast for the first time. You crunch up a bunch of cheerrios and after you've soaked the bread you roll it around in the cheerios and then fry it. It wasn't half bad.
29. Barney Stinson - December 9, 2009 9:36 AM
FAKE!!!
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