Blame The Blueberries

The Story

Question: What's up with the Blueberries? Why are they your nemesis?

Answer: 

TL;DR -  (Not to be named) are not worthy of being included in bagels.

History - Our Bagel Baker was hesitant to include any "fancy" bagels to the menu because adding ingredients to the dough makes the baking process more complex. Also, the Bagel Baker didn't grow-up with any bagels flavors outside the traditional menu: Plain, Everything, Garlic, Onion, Salted, Poppy, Sesame. 

OTR's first attempt at a fancy bagel was a berry that is the color blue. Multiple attempts were made to formulate a recipe and each batch of bagels was crazier than the next. The first few tries, the little round berries "surfed" the top of the dough and made a mess. A few batches were just big globs. At one point, we thought about making a square bagel and punching a hole with our finger.

Finally, after talking to other bakers in the area, we figured out that reducing the water to 50% of the original recipe allows the berries with a blue color to be incorporated into the dough. 

Frustration with the recipe plus the fact that our Bagel Baker doesn't eat any berries launched our never-ending crusade to always "Blame the Blueberries!"