The famed Fairmount bagel is reaching new heights thanks to an astronaut with a yen for that distinctive treat.It seems Montreal-born astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who began a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station yesterday, was quite excited about the idea of floating in space with the comfort of the chewy, slightly sweet variety of bagel this city is famous for by his side.
When NASA officials asked Chamitoff for a favourite food to take aboard space shuttle Discovery, he picked the humble bagel as his preferred snack for the flight.
And not just any Montreal-style bagel, but 18 sesame bagels from his relatives' Montreal Fairmount Bagel, which usually competes with St. Viateur bagels a block away for the crown as the city's best.
Bagels in space is a pretty good marketing tool. I'm not sure our staff has any connections to anyone in NASA, but I seen an opportunity to one-up Fairmount Bagels: PCBB bagels on the moon.
Until then, how about PCBB bagels on Jupiter... Jupiter Peak, Jupiter Bowl, or Jupiter Lift, heck, maybe even just Jupiter Access or outside the Jupiter Inn.
Our Saturday-Monday bagel baker is even named Jupiter (pronounced who-piter). I think we might be on to something.
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