I didnt go to the hospital, but I also didnt enjoy my bagel that day.
A serrated knife is best for slicing most breads, and this is especially true for a bagel.
Breads often have a tough crust and a softer interior crumb.
The serrated knifes teeth bite into the crust, allowing you to saw into the bread.
A chefs knife or other smooth-bladed knife can easily slip off the crust.
If your bagel is frozen or stale, this makes the crust even more slippery.
Thats cut risk number one, and we havent even started yet.
So you have to work with its strengths.
Do not venture to balance it on one end and cut down.
Stability is always best when cutting.
This is the important part.
Use your non-dominant palm to apply pressure, but keep those digits up and out of the way.
Keep your elbow up tooyou dont want a mishap to occur and accidentally cut your forearm.
Now, with your knife-holding hand, you might saw into the bagel a bit, maybe a half-inch.
Use your pressure-applying hand to give the bagel a quarter-turn.
The knife never changes position, only the bagel does.
Repeat the sawing motion, and turn it again.
Do this until you make it back around.
Then do it all again but this time youre halfway into the middle of the bagel.
Lift the top off and proceed with your breakfast.
Youcoulduse a bagel guillotine.
With a bit of practice, youll be safely and easily cutting bagels in no time.
