Yeah Mark, they do.....and there are a number of others that have gotten into the "Breakfast Bagel" idea too. I saw this starting in sandwich shops and a few years ago with the advent of the ham and cheese bagel. Karen and I have laughed about this for years but I guess it just shows the cross culture thing or whatever you want to call it. Interestingly, I never see lox or corned beef on Wonder bread on anyone's menu though. Truly, the bagel has forgotten it's roots...........and I am guilty of really liking bacon/egg/cheese on bagel....just not at McDonalds.....they have really pathetic bagels. every time I have one though, I feel like I'm having something illegal, almost like smoking a joint!

funny story.......nothing to do with religion or bagels, but it kinda' relates in the "lack of respect" or "dumbass American" angle.........Fran Liebowitz wrote that she was pissed about at the number of places that had croissants. everywhere you went, they wanted to serve up whatever it was on a damn croissant. She ended the rant with, "On this block alone they have about 800 places that sell croissants. They even have a place called "Bon Jour Croissant." Makes me want to go to Paris and open a joint called "Hello Toast."

Spaw