'English' muffin

From: Andrew Barton (AndrewBarton@compuserve.com)
Date: Tue 08 Jul 1997 - 18:47:39 EEST


David Dunham answered Philip Hibbs asking

> what the hell is an "English Muffin"?

The likely reason for confusion: when I first visited the USA in the 80's=
,
I was amused to find a kind of =

cake called an 'English Muffin' which at the time I had never seen in
England (or even Britain). In recent =

years these have started to be sold in Britain, called 'muffins', often o=
n
the same shelf as what was and still is called a muffin here.

The old-style muffin is a disk-shaped bread-type item, perhaps half an in=
ch
thick and three inches across, =

suitable for splitting in half and toasting. That seems to be what David=

was talking about.

Andrew Barton

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