{"id":1277,"date":"2025-12-13T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:42:59","slug":"martha-stewarts-bagel-eating-method-has-the-internet-shook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"Martha Stewart\u2019s Bagel-Eating Method Has The Internet Shook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Martha Stewart shared her method for eating a PopUp Bagels poppy seed bagel on Instagram.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">She breaks a quarter of the bagel into small pieces and tops each bite with a &#8220;modicum&#8221; of cream cheese.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">Fans immediately flooded the comments with strong opinions about her very tidy technique.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">My default bagel order is a toasted everything bagel, scooped (sorry!), with vegetable cream cheese, and not too much of it, because I&#8217;m a lady. If I\u2019m feeling wild (read: hungover), it&#8217;s a sausage, egg, and cheese with hot sauce. And yes, I&#8217;m still thinking about the time Ashley Park told me she puts mayo on her bacon, egg, and cheese. Mayo! On a BEC! <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">All of which is to say: eat your bagel however you want. Rip it, toast it, drown it in schmear, turn it into a sandwich the size of a steering wheel. Bagels are personal and not a place for shame.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Unless you are Martha Stewart. Then your bagel is apparently a surgical procedure.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-13\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In a recent Instagram post, Stewart shared her preferred method for eating a bagel, a system she credits to her daughter, Alexis. The star of this performance is a PopUp Bagels poppy seed bagel, which is fitting because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/popupbagels\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/popupbagels\/?hl=en\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"PopUp\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">PopUp<\/a> is known for serving bagels hot and fresh with a tub of cream cheese for a very &#8220;rip and dip&#8221; vibe. It&#8217;s casual and relatively normal. Martha, however, isn&#8217;t in the mood for casual.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Her approach starts reasonably enough: she slices the bagel in half. Then she takes one quarter of the bagel, breaks that quarter into small, tidy pieces (she calls them &#8220;sweet little pieces&#8221;), and tops each bite with a modest amount of cream cheese. Not a schmear. Not a swipe. A modicum. A word that has never appeared in my personal bagel journey, but I support her commitment to precision.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The internet, naturally, had thoughts. New Yorkers called out the &#8220;nonsense&#8221; while someone labeled her step-by-step process as &#8220;unhinged.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Queen Martha, this is a violation of the bagel code of ethics \ud83d\udeab,&#8221; said another, with a very straightforward follow-up of: &#8220;Just eat the bagel, girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">I have to agree: Martha eating exactly one quarter of a bagel in perfectly portioned bites feels like watching someone fold a slice of pizza with a ruler. It\u2019s fascinating and slightly unsettling, but most importantly, it feels very Martha\u2014in the best way, obviously.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha Stewart shared her method for eating a PopUp Bagels poppy seed bagel on Instagram. She breaks a quarter of the bagel into small pieces and tops each bite with a &#8220;modicum&#8221; of cream cheese. Fans immediately flooded the comments with strong opinions about her very tidy technique. 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