Who are the Otters?
๐๐ท๐ด ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ฑ๐
Hi !
Weโre Dan and Kelly Eberhardt aka โThe Two Otters!โ
๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฅ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ!
๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ -๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐ช๐๐!
โWhy Red Blufff?โ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ - simple, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ โ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
In 2021 ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ข โ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐บ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (!!!) , ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ / ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐. ๐ท๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐!
Eventually ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข!).
After the Air Force ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!
In 2010 ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ข (๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ) ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐บ. ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐โ - ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ข ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
In 2021 ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
One constant ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐! ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ง๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐ช ๐พ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐จ, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐บ to be closer to his daughter Grace.
Great food unites, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐๐๐พ๐ฝ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐! ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐๐๐พ๐ฝ๐ด!
Moving back ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐พ๐ธ๐ป๐ด๐ณ (๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!), ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
But ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ anywhere. ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ขโ, ๐๐๐ โ๐ธ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐ not ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐๐-๐-๐๐๐๐ โฆ ๐ FRANKENBAGEL.
Eventually enough was enough!
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ are ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ NEEDED ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!
A New York-style bagel with some west coast creativity.
Thus was born a passion for the humble bagel and a love to bring โ๐ผ๐ธ๐. ๐ธ๐๐ธโค๐โ๐พ. ๐น๐ธ๐พ๐ผ๐๐. to Red Bluff and the north state!
Our passion is making bagels that make you go โOH! Wow! โ- thatโs amazing !!!โ
Thatโs our mission, our goal, and our purpose. To treat you with the glory of what a bagel really is!
โ๐ผ๐ธ๐. ๐ธ๐๐ธโค๐โ๐พ. ๐น๐ธ๐พ๐ผ๐๐.
What IS a REAL bagel ? Really ?!
What IS a REAL bagel ? Really ?!
Until now few people have really had the chance to compare just what IS a REAL bagel. Though there are variations of bagels, such as the famed Montreal bagel which is boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fire oven, there does exist a decades (centuries?) old understanding of what makes up a REAL bagel. Here are the three BIG factors for โkeeping it realโ:
โKeeping it Realโ ๐ฏ Rule # 1
A bagel is ALWAYS boiled first. ALWAYS โผ๏ธThis is non-negotiable. If you visit a โPaneriaโ (wink wink) it doesnโt take an Einstein (ehh hmm ๐ค) to see the bagel is missing that wonderfully crispy crust on the outside . . . itโs because the bagel was never boiled. Instead it was steamed while baking and never touched actual boiling water (the reason for this can only be assumed for the purposes of efficiency production).
The boiling water is essential because it kicks off a baking event called โgelatinizationโ. This event occurs when hot boiling water engages the starches on the surface of the bagel. This is what initiates one of the most important characteristics of the bagel - that crispy exterior surrounding a beautiful dense-yet-pillowy interior. When a bagel is steamed first while baking itโs literally a different baking technique being used though the steam is water. It must be boiled first. ๐ฆฆ
It matters!
โKeeping it Realโ ๐ฏ Rule # 2
A bagel is ALWAYS cold-proofed for at least 12-hours (at TOBs we โcold cureโ ours for 48-hours!) Cold-proofing or โretardingโ the dough is a common fermentation process used in pizza dough. Patience is the name of the game here. When bagel dough is placed inside refrigeration it slows the yeasts that are digesting the starch-sugars and slows the enzymes doing all kinds of bagel alchemy. Itโs during this time that the dough takes on its distinctive flavored nuances and textures. Itโs also here a key clue can be found if a dough has been cold-proofed . . .micro blistering.
Micro-blistering occurs on the surface of the bagel when baking a bagel under high heat and the presence of steam (after being boiled!) and the dough has been cold-proofed for at least 12-hours. You canโt cheat the proof! ๐ฆฆ
It matters!
โKeeping it Realโ ๐ฏ Rule # 3
Bagels - when boiled- are ALWAYS boiled in an alkaline sweet-water bath. Now, that sweet-water is traditionally achieved through the use of barley malt syrup but the use of raw sugar, brown sugar or even honey are also acceptable (purest may balk but thatโs okay!). But, again, the sweetness component is a supporting actor to the lead here and thatโs the alkaline bath. Alkaline water, again, lends itself to reacting with the starches on the surface of the bagel blimp rendering a greater susceptibility to browning during the bake period. Alkaline sweet-water bath. ๐ฆฆ
It matters!
Stay Calm. Bagel On.