Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
> That is true here, too, for the unadorned term
> "muffin".  However,
> "English muffins" are an entirely different beast
> from "muffins".
> I have no idea where English muffins got the name,
> but they're not
> muffinlike at all.
> -Mark
True.  I've always thought English muffins looked more
like what mom used to do with left over biscuits.  The
next morning shed slice them in half and re-bake/toast
them with butter.  So I've always thought of English
muffins as low-quality twice-baked biscuits.  Of
course I've never had English-English muffins or fresh
made anywhere-English muffins, only
frozen-in-little-bag-who-knows-how-old-from-the-grocery-store
ones.

Adam