Beware of Bagels

The Wall Street Journal has published an oddly in-depth look at "BRIs," a.k.a. "bagel-related injuries." Yes, it turns out that there are more bagel-related injuries rolling into the ER (1,979 in 2008, says the WSJ story) than many other food-related injuries such as pumpkin (1,195) or cheese (1,236). This has prompted quite a few bagel-slicing gadgets to hit the market, such as the Bagel Guillotine, which sells 80,000 units a year and is considered "history's most successful bagel-control device."

Now, according to the WSJ, there are other bagel-control-device entrepreneurs looking for a slice of the pie bagel. Dennis and Michael Moss, a father-son duo out of Rochester, New York, are the inventors of the Brooklyn Bagel Slicer, "a slender knife fitted inside a molded-plastic guard." The WSJ article makes it sound like people are maiming themselves fairly regularly in the name of bagel slicing. But are these gadgets really necessary?

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  • lol, space age. It is a handy thing though. At first I thought - "surely people preparing bagels know how to use a knife" - but then there are probably a lot of people selling bagels that have not gone through cooking school. Anything that adds to safety is good. Although really it would not take much to put together a couple of wooden blocks to hold the bagels upright while you cut with a normal...+READ

    lol, space age. It is a handy thing though. At first I thought - "surely people preparing bagels know how to use a knife" - but then there are probably a lot of people selling bagels that have not gone through cooking school. Anything that adds to safety is good. Although really it would not take much to put together a couple of wooden blocks to hold the bagels upright while you cut with a normal bread knife, which is probably what most people do anyway!

    But remember one thing - eating bagels does not help you lose belly fat.-COLLAPSE

  • I agree with Dave, someone needs to step up and invent a new product. With those stats a lot of people would definately purchase it.

    Thanks,
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  • I think its a good splicer.

    Construction Consultant.

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