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Not what I was expectingAre they flakey, or what?
Oh, an English muffin?
Honey and/or butter. Better yet, HONEY BUTTER.
English Muffins are different. Even have a different wikipedia article. xD
EDIT: Having said that, you'd probably have the same kind of things on them.
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Crumpets are soft and spongy. soooo, yummy!
Usually eaten toasted or grilled. The most common accompaniment is probably butter, because you put it on the top when the crumpet is hot and it melts into all the little holes. ahhhh.
I don't think Daniel's picture does the crumpet justice.
They're warm and gooey and sort of a hybrid between a pancake and toast! A lovely winter treat.Originally Posted by rubah
The picture BoB posted looks terrible though. Here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...d_crumpet2.jpg
Pay attention to the way the butter is melting inI wouldn't normally put that much on but I think this picture explains how they work perfectly!
Ah good one. I got crappy results. That one is way better.
EDIT: I would say that spongey is definitely the best word to describe them, now that I think about it. Extremely spongey.
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that's what a crumpet is!!! Those are English muffins silly
...what? Crumpets are spongey. I should know. I've had four today and have eight more on my kitchen bench. =] Maybe you guys have your English muffins all screwy.
Crumpet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muffin (English) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To quote from the crumpets discussion page...
Look at the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe page I just added to the external links on the crumpet page. He has recipes for crumpets and for muffins (what Americans call English muffins, but what are just muffins - the original muffins - here in the UK). To generalise, crumpets have a rather chewy texture while muffins are more doughy and bread-like. They are not sweet and cake-like like American muffins.
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The main difference between English muffins and crumpets is that the former is an unassuming import beloved by honest, hard-working colonists, whereas the latter is an alienating symbol of bourgeois Britannical glut.
Dude, this is an English muffin:
Looks pretty darn close to the crumpet photo Psycho posted! Also, this thread inspired me to make my own honey butter. Recipe if anyone else is interested.
Never eaten one before.
Go to hell BoB.
I don't even know what the hell an English muffin is if not a crumpet, because I refer to the same thing that Americans do when I use the word "muffin".
"Spongey?" Wtf? What kind of word is that if you're trying to favorably describe a food?
And I agree that English muffins seem to be basically the same thing, except less pompous.
So Brits are more pompous in their bread snack thingy that goes with afternoon teatime. You learn new things all the time
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