And do they just call them muffins?
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Please don't ascribe preference to other cultures. I'm british, and I had to google what you even meant by that. It's a breakfast muffin, and they're okay. I have one from time to time, no complaints, but I tend to order a breakfast wrap from McDonalds instead of a McMuffin.
The fact that it's not a traditional part of a full English should tell you something.
"It's ok" is the most accurate description possible I think.
Disclaimer: I'm not British (hello from the other side of the north sea), but I've spent enough time all over the UK to have eaten them.
I'd put it in the category of foods that some in a region probably enjoy, while being hard to find elsewhere. Like the deep fried Mars bar and cornish pasty: "It's OK"
You take that back about cornish pasties! I don't live in Cornwall anymore and that's the one thing I miss the most from there food wise. I can get them where I am now but they are not the same.
I'm not taking it back. It is my firm opinion that they're OK. I was just never very fond of meat + pastry/batter. I can see why some like them, but that combo was never part of my diet growing up, and as such, it ends up in the same category as Pie or Beef Wellington for me.
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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.
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?
Scones 👍
Scones with strawberry jam and cream. Fuck yes.
Did you pronounce that as 'scone' or 'scone'?
If something is called "[Nationality] [Food]" or similar, it's probably not related to that nationality.
New York Fries isn't from New York.
Boston Pizza is not from Boston.
Hawaiian pizza is not Hawaiian.
French fries aren't French.
You mean like the Hamburger is not really from Hamburg????
Do yourself a favor and do NOT eat a hamburger in Hamburg. Frankfurter in Frankfurt, not bad.
I thought it was, but Wikipedia says there isn't actually a connection!
The only one I can speak to here is that french fries are french cut, meaning making long thin strips.
It actually comes from WW1 where American soldiers thought that French speaking Belgians were French.
So they're frenched fries
Remember freedom fries?
I do recall that moment in our nation's history.
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As an Englishman I don't even know what they are, I've only ever heard them mentioned on US television
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The Anglos prefer muffins with nooks. Saxons like ones with crannies. Anglo-Saxons prefer English muffins which have both nooks and crannies.
And what do the Jutes prefer?
For all that glorious jam!
I like em, not british.
Definitely gotta butter (or jam) them, I use butter and everything bagel seasoning (post-toast) on the regulars and butter and brown sugar on the blueberry ones (pre-toast, get it slightly caramelized and perfect, leave some salted butter on the counter so it spreads without heat.) But I mean c'mon what are you out here just eating dry ass plain toast or bagels? You always have to butter, jam, cream cheese, sandwichitize, etc, (for store bought anyway, fresh baked is another animal entirely)!
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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.
Much like my fellow English folk in this thread, I wasn't sure what they even were. The only times I've ever had them is on an egg mcmuffin at the local Mickey D's.
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