Facebook and the great Udi's bagel debate

Sorry about the delay, y'all!

With that out of the way, let me just jump right into my beef. Last week, I was reading through the posts on my Facebook feed when I came across one for Udi's (a gf site that I am a fan of). It suggested its fans watch the videos posted and comment on them. Welll....I watched men and women give glowing testimonies over finding the greatest alternative to sliced bread since sliced bread...knuck knuck. However, I had a very had time reading and validating fans of their gluten free bagels. There were several comments about how they were delicious and tasted just like a bagel. I could not let that be. I had to get the word out there that even though the bread is good, the bagels are not!

Sooo...I posted the following to the comment section of the video: "Before I went gluten free, my morning staple was a Thomas bagel. Udi's was the first bagel I tried and I was extremely disappointed. Its look, texture, and taste were nowhere near that of a gluten filled bagel. In fact, the remaining bagels ended up in the trash."

I do believe I sparked some controversy over the subject. There really are true, devoted fans of those bagels and I can't for the life of me understand why. There was actually one woman who told me that "of course it's not going to taste like a regular bagel-doesn't mean it doesn't taste good-it's not a regular bagel. Maybe it was your expectation that it would taste the same that made you think it didn't taste good." Thank you for that profound psychoanalysis of me, especially considering you have nooo idea who I am. I do not think that holding the expectation of a bagel tasting like a bagel is unfathomable . But then there's this gem: "Sadly, anything gluten or wheat free will never taste like the original. It's the gluten that makes it dense and chewy. Sigh...But Udi's is the next best thing." I beg to differ. I have found a cookie that tastes like a cookie, pasta that tastes like pasta, waffles that taste like waffles, and pizza crust that tastes like pizza crust (I would even go so far as to say it's better). So why prey tell, do I have to "settle" for, or change, my expectation??? It may take some time and experimentation, but I do believe I should be able to find a bagel that serves as a very similar substitute to my long lost bagel love, Thomas! Sorry El Jefe, but you have seen me salivate and stare longingly at that little slice of heaven upon your paper towel.

Anywho, that's my rant and I'm sticking to it!