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A short video still featuring a woman with blonde hair and a text overlay that reads "Things I prefer in the US as a German" with American and German flag emojis, and further states "I don't know why we don't have bagels in Germany."
Above this, the social media post caption reads "I can think of a reason!" The post is from "Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social."
The recipes I've followed ask for some malt extract in the boiling water. There's a definite difference in taste and texture, and while I recommend it, most places that sell the extract sell huge jars of it, so you'll want to make a lot of bagels to get it used up...