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?
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.
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I think its a good splicer.
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