Source: https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/biggest-food-debates
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You might think there is a universal consensus on how to prepare a bagel. You take the bagel, slice it in half, maybe toast it then add your desired toppings and eat. Enter the city of St. Louis, where, for years, people have been slicing their bagels like a normal loaf of bread. This results in biscotti-shaped slices of bagel that truly confound people outside of Missouri. Proponents of the "bread-sliced" bagel claim that it allows for maximum amounts of cream cheese or other toppings per bagel piece.
How do you slice bagels?