Seems pretty basic to me and only good if you butter them.
I’m British, and if you offered most British people “a muffin” they would assume you meant the American style sugar and oil affair. Some people do enjoy an “English muffin” but they’re not very popular, much less loved than crumpets, which themselves are probably below scones. The main use I see of them is as the base of Eggs Benedict, which works because they are basic and go well with butter. A white chocolate & blueberry muffin is a much more controversial paring for poached eggs and hollandaise.
Scones 👍
Did you pronounce that as ‘scone’ or ‘scone’?
I pronounce it scone , like in duck
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Yes
Scones with strawberry jam and cream. Fuck yes.
Some people do enjoy an “English muffin” but they’re not very popular, much less loved than crumpets
Wait wait wait…hold on. Canadian here. I thought English Muffins and Crumpets were the same thing with different names…
Nah, an English muffin is basically a bread product - you shape them and leave to rise, but a crumpet is more like a fancy pancake - it’s a batter poured into a ring on a hot pan, and has baking powder as well yeast (which gives it the trademark holes). But maybe that’s just in Britain? Maybe you chaps have different crumpets?
The Anglos prefer muffins with nooks. Saxons like ones with crannies. Anglo-Saxons prefer English muffins which have both nooks and crannies.
For all that glorious jam!
As an Englishman I don’t even know what they are, I’ve only ever heard them mentioned on US television
You call them muffins, we call them english muffins. Because what we call muffins you apparently call buns.
It’s just bread my dude. Nothing novel about it. It’s just bread in a round shape.
Do you like bread? Yes? Ok then eat it. Otherwise maybe you don’t like bread.
Fresh free range egg from my chickens, nice slice of cheddar cheese, and a sausage patty are pretty good on them, too.
Or some peanut butter if you are in a rush.
butter them
Too spicy!
That’s the plan.
I use them for sandwiches. I’m American btw.
IMO they’re one of the better handles for Jimmy Dean microwave sandwiches because they hold together better. The croissants are also good. The biscuit disintegrates.
And do they just call them muffins?
I eat 'em toasted with peanut butter for breakfast most days. Just got finished with one. I don’t know what the deal is, so I’m going to invent one: a medieval French chef sold his soul for the recipe and the English adopted them as a reminder that all French bakers should go to the devil!
The British call them crumpets. Yes that’s what a crumpet is, it’s an English muffin.
We have muffins and crumpets. Muffins are like little bready patty cake things, kinda dusty on the outside. Crumpets are the ones with all the holes in that kinda feel rubbery to the touch. Both are stinkin delicious.
This is not true. English muffins and crumpets are different things. They look similar, but the taste is quite different.
What are you on about? Crumpets aren’t muffins.
This is a common misconception but they are not the same. Among other differences, their basic ingredients differ. Crumpets are made with milk and baking soda, while English muffins are made with dough and yeast or sourdough.
