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I'd have to disagree with you there, Emlah, muffins are a bit holier that bread (but with the same kind of holes), it's just that they don't have the big honking Platonic-essence-of-hole holes that crumpets do, which might make us Brits and Aussies think they don't have holes at all, because we're used to real holes, if you see my point.
Ah, if people are going to discuss the Angel finale I need to unsubscribe! Through no-one's fault but my own I haven't seen it yet...(and won't until Tuesday).
You're on the right track guys. English muffins are a type of bread roll that is dry-fried on a griddle rather than baked, almost scone-like in texture but not sweet. American muffins are more like small cakes containing butter/marg, sugar, eggs, fruit, yoghurt/dairy, and self-raising flour. The big difference between english muffins and crumpets is the bi-carb in the mix which is what creates the air bubbles/holes. Nutty was close with the pancake bit as the action of the bi-carb is similar to the air bubbles in pancakes/pikelets. It is also bi-carb that causes the bubbles/holes in honeycomb, just add bi-carb to toffee and bingo, honeycomb.
Cutting English muffins (at least the American ones) with a knife is a no-no. You need to split them with a fork, then you'll ge the nooks and crannies.
To confuse things further, crumpets rather remind me of pancakes, if pancakes were made in rings.
this is confusing since the crumpets I know and love don't have holes in the middle.
To confuse things further, crumpets rather remind me of pancakes, if pancakes were made in rings.
this is confusing since the crumpets I know and love don't have holes in the middle.
Crumpets are cooked on a griddle by pouring batter into a metal ring. That's the ring. The crumpet itself is not ring-shaped.
Ah, thank you David. I was so confused, because you can see the holes in the crumpets right on the page Megan linked. The other kind of "hole in the middle" didn't even occur to me.
I should remember not to post so early in the morning. I was confuse-ed. Thanks for clearing that up.
All I know is that I miss rohliki.
Ah, if people are going to discuss the Angel finale I need to unsubscribe! Through no-one's fault but my own I haven't seen it yet...(and won't until Tuesday).
Oops, sorry! I just assumed people had seen it since there were no "Oh my freaking god I missed it!" posts. I'm glad I didn't post anything too spoilery.
Tonight is the penultimate Buffy. I can hardly believe it. In a week and a handful of hours it will truly be over.
There was an episode of ... I want to say The Goodies but I'm not 100% certain ... where the characters had a running argument of, "scone (bone)" "scone (gone)". So, as has already been noted, Giles' pronunciation of the word was not incorrect per sé.
Yup, it was an episode of The Goodies. I believe it ended with a sort of Bun Fight at the Ok Tearoom, or some such.