now I need bagels

No, I'm not going back to the bagel-selling business. I just bought some lox, smoked salmon. And there's only one way to eat it, and that's on a bagel with cream cheese, so I need some of that, too. In the interum, the package is in the freezer.

A friend discovered that the husband of someone we know is in the fish smoking/salting/pickling (Jewish sushi) business. She began buying from him and suggested that he peddle in the neighborhood. I asked him what could be frozen, and he suggested the lox. So we have some frigidly awaiting bagels and cream cheese.