New York bagels are so doughy people are scooping out half the bread

Here’s a handy rule for assessing the merits of a bagel: If you have to scoop out half of its contents to enjoy toppings and prevent it from falling to the bottom of your stomach like carbohydrate cannonball, it is not a good bagel.
In related news, people are scooping out that foodstuff New York City calls a bagel.
Lifehacker’s Ryan F. Mandelbaum writes, “bagels are an unwieldy vessel, a less-than-optimal way to send food from plate to gullet: unless I scoop out