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English Muffins - American Muffins

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English Muffins - American Muffins
on: November 21, 2013, 01:25:32 AM
This is not a contest on which is better or anything like that. Just wanted to try and understand/clear something up I have always wondered about. Let me start off by saying I had no idea people called muffins (American muffins) before about 5 minutes ago. Anyways, I was going to ask the English members on the forum if they ate and called (what I know them as) English muffins in England. They look like this.



http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AX6q66lD96E/TUa1OLEd1GI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/FbOUDAYfNm0/s1600/English+Muffins+-+open.jpg


I looked online before I asked this question and found out that English people just call "English muffin," muffins. And what I call a muffin you call an "American muffin." Which looks like this.



http://bayleen.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/blueberry_coffee_cake_muffins_ig0706.jpg]



So Mate's.... Do you find this to be true? I find it more interesting now that I found out about the "American muffin" thing. I'm getting a bit hungry as well.  :drool:
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #1 on: November 21, 2013, 02:26:21 AM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #2 on: November 21, 2013, 02:28:22 AM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #3 on: November 21, 2013, 07:53:00 AM
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #4 on: November 21, 2013, 08:29:34 AM
Where all our UK Members.  :think:   :P
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #5 on: November 21, 2013, 08:44:00 AM
Where all our UK Members.  :think:   :P

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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #6 on: November 21, 2013, 09:01:15 AM
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #7 on: November 21, 2013, 09:27:54 AM
TBH I never seen a muffin of any discription til I was in my twenties,when the first 7/11s opened in SA,and those were the American type.

As a kid in Northern Ireland,we had our own pan breads,soda farls and potato bread :drool: . The English muffins I've only had as part of a Micky D breakfast
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #8 on: November 21, 2013, 10:13:26 AM
+1 on the McRipoff Breakfast - that's the only time I'd encounter those types of muffins too. Muffins to me are buns, just like the blueberry one pictured in the OP, and they're pretty standard petrol station / motorway services fare. As a breakfast or snack, I'm much more likely to buy crumpets or some nice seeded bread for use at home.


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #9 on: November 21, 2013, 10:15:40 AM
OMG Al! Your BUYING crumpet?!

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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #10 on: November 21, 2013, 10:18:10 AM
Only the type that fits in the toaster  ;)


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #11 on: November 21, 2013, 11:19:04 AM
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #12 on: November 21, 2013, 11:42:16 AM

Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P
Bacon is in it's own food group! :P


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #13 on: November 21, 2013, 01:57:30 PM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P

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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #14 on: November 21, 2013, 02:07:47 PM
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #15 on: November 21, 2013, 02:38:31 PM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P

 :rofl:  I know, the whole calling ham "bacon" thing always seemed odd to me :think:
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #16 on: November 21, 2013, 02:59:43 PM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P

 :rofl:  I know, the whole calling ham "bacon" thing always seemed odd to me :think:
This is ham:


This is bacon:


I don't like ham, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE bacon!!  :drool:


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #18 on: November 21, 2013, 06:09:37 PM
Her dad's called Nigel; she's called Nigella...

Anyhoo... I like both types, sweet and savoury, and I call them both muffins. I don't think I've ever heard them referred to as American muffins. I quite like the ones with cheese baked in. Mm, cheesy!   :D  I like to spread them with marmite.   :whistle:


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #19 on: November 21, 2013, 08:24:18 PM
Wait, doesn't the English Muffin seem so much like an American invention? :think:

Um, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin

And coming from a place where they call ham "bacon", you shouldn't be talking....  :P

 :rofl:  I know, the whole calling ham "bacon" thing always seemed odd to me :think:
This is ham:
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This is bacon:
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I don't like ham, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE bacon!!  :drool:

Mmmm...bacon :drool: :drool:

So, if Canadians call ham "Canadian bacon", what do they call actual bacon?  American bacon?   :think: ???
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #20 on: November 21, 2013, 09:13:19 PM
Here we generally call bacon "bacon" and Canadian bacon "back bacon".  While back bacon is similar to ham I believe it's cut from a different part of the pig.


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #21 on: November 21, 2013, 09:40:35 PM
Forget blueberry, forget Macca's, forget everything you know...

Bacon, egg and cheese muffins...



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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #22 on: November 21, 2013, 10:20:15 PM
Forget blueberry, forget Macca's, forget everything you know...

Bacon, egg and cheese muffins...

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:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

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Now that looks good!
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #23 on: November 21, 2013, 10:24:46 PM
Here we generally call bacon "bacon" and Canadian bacon "back bacon".  While back bacon is similar to ham I believe it's cut from a different part of the pig.

+1 :D

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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #24 on: November 21, 2013, 10:30:32 PM
Here we generally call bacon "bacon" and Canadian bacon "back bacon".  While back bacon is similar to ham I believe it's cut from a different part of the pig.

Interesting, I didn't know that.  Ya learn something new every day :salute:

Forget blueberry, forget Macca's, forget everything you know...

Bacon, egg and cheese muffins...

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Oh wow  :drool: :drool:
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #25 on: November 21, 2013, 11:00:05 PM
Forget blueberry, forget Macca's, forget everything you know...

Bacon, egg and cheese muffins...

(Image removed from quote.)

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

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 :drool: :drool: :drool:



Looks so delicious.
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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #26 on: November 21, 2013, 11:04:00 PM
Me hungry now. You are bad people.


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #27 on: November 21, 2013, 11:08:08 PM
Me hungry now. You are bad people.


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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #28 on: November 21, 2013, 11:39:15 PM
In Ontario, we sometimes call it peameal bacon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon

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Re: English Muffins - American Muffins
Reply #29 on: November 21, 2013, 11:50:02 PM
Ok, a muffin is a muffin, or possibly a toasted muffin.  An 'American' muffin isn't called an American muffin, but will usually be identified by it's component flavouring.  So if I was to ask for a blueberry muffin, no-one would think I wanted a toasted muffin with blueberries on top.

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