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Topic:	First bagel in space

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Wikipedia: [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Chamitoff]Greg Chamitoff[/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]On his father's side of the family, he is also related to the owners of the famous Fairmount bagel establishment in Montreal, from which Chamitoff brought bagels into space on his first mission into orbit. When training in Montreal for the Canadarm, the robotic arm used to maneuver large objects in space, he is sometimes more well known for being related to the people who run Fairmount bagel, than for being an astronaut.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> The Gazette (Montreal): [URL=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=6924c3b3-a4e3-4c05-b279-025fc9650627]Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world[/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]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. "We're just thrilled," said Mona Shlafman, his aunt, who reopened the bagel factory in 1979 and with her late husband got the old wood oven burning again.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Tykeanaut</TD><TD>Apparently Fairmount Bagel of Montreal, Canada were responsible for the first bagel in space on STS-124. Unless you know differently. Visited there a few days ago, very nice blueberry variety! </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Wikipedia: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Chamitoff" TARGET=_blank>Greg Chamitoff</A> <BLOCKQUOTE>On his father's side of the family, he is also related to the owners of the famous Fairmount bagel establishment in Montreal, from which Chamitoff brought bagels into space on his first mission into orbit. When training in Montreal for the Canadarm, the robotic arm used to maneuver large objects in space, he is sometimes more well known for being related to the people who run Fairmount bagel, than for being an astronaut.</BLOCKQUOTE> The Gazette (Montreal): <A HREF="http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=6924c3b3-a4e3-4c05-b279-025fc9650627" TARGET=_blank>Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world</A> <BLOCKQUOTE>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."We're just thrilled," said Mona Shlafman, his aunt, who reopened the bagel factory in 1979 and with her late husband got the old wood oven burning again.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>GACspaceguy</TD><TD>I lived in Montreal for four years, and except for the cold months we went and bought Fairmount Bagels every weekend. They were out of this world then and apparently still are. <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/smile.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>music_space</TD><TD>I live in Montreal, and I'm going to pick up a fresh dozen about right now, along with the smoked salmon spread de rigueur!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Tykeanaut</TD><TD>If only I'd known François, I could have said hello!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Jay Chladek</TD><TD>Of course bagels are out of this world. bagels were meant to go into space. Besides, where else would you find bagels and LOX? <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/wink.gif"></TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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