![]() ![]() In England “a muffin is griddle-cooked, yeast-risen, and basically a bit of a crap bread roll,” Gray says. Gray does concede one point though: an American English muffin might be superior to a British muffin. That’s 130 years before Thomas made his journey across the pond and means muffins may even predate both crumpets and pikelets. English muffin recipes-known in England simply as muffin recipes whereas American-style muffins there are often branded as such- first appeared in print around 1747. “God, no, what a terrible piece of mythmaking,” she quickly uttered, clearly gobsmacked by the suggestion that muffins (the English kind) were invented in America. To dig a little deeper into the origin of English muffins, I reached out to Annie Gray, a British food historian and television personality. Whether or not he did it because he took one bite of a waffle or pancake and thought he could do better is apocryphal at best, and at worst, made up entirely by me at this very moment. Four years later he made and sold a certain breakfast bread-one that would soon inspire great fervor and devotion-from the comforts of his own New York City bakery. This much is true: Samuel Bath Thomas, founder of Thomas’ English Muffins, was a real person, and he did immigrate to America from England in 1874. The unfounded theory goes like this: Samuel Bath Thomas, an Englishman, came to America and, finding no breakfast breads suitable for his lifestyle, made a bastardized crumpet and sold it to unknowing Americans as an “English muffin.” There’s a general misconception whispered around certain brunch tables that English muffins were invented in America-a sliver of misinformation not shared by Brits. Or watch them from the sidelines of a toaster as a bubbling slice of cheese collapses into every crater. Or, if you want to go savory, a swipe of mayo. These pockets form the ideal holding cells for a melting pat of butter or a schmear of jam. Cut the muffins through the equator-but NEVER with a knife, more on that down below-and you’ll reveal a bread-y landscape of peaks and valleys, a.k.a. They refer to the pattern of air pockets formed throughout the dough while the muffins rise and while they cook. (16) Anything too easy to make at home such as muffins and regular cakes will not sell as readily.How these two words came to be associated with bread is anyone’s guess. (15) There is a wide range of sandwiches, quiches, home-made pies, salads, muffins, cakes etc. ![]() (14) She makes some bread, or muffins, or flat cakes, and we eat them with juice or with water. (13) For serving, muffins are toasted back and front and then split with the fingers by easing them apart at the joint all the way round. (12) I have a pretty good idea what it will be like, since I have tried low carb muffins, chocolate cake, crisps, chocolate and breakfast snacks. (11) Split the muffins or ciabatta and lightly toast or grill the insides only. (10) We are sending you a Guide with 10 tips to combat constipation and a special low-fat pumpkin bran muffin recipe. (9) Or complement your protein shake with a fat-free bran muffin to add another 5-7 grams. (8) Toast the muffin slices lightly on both sides and butter them. (7) A waitress came over and I ordered a hot chocolate with a blueberry muffin. (6) ├ö├ç├┐Split muffin filled with your choice, topped with cheese and toasted to perfection├ö├ç├û - so said the menu. (5) Today he's been in her favorite coffee shop and learned what she got everyday a large black coffee and a blueberry muffin. (4) You can then squeeze out the roasted garlic onto crackers or an English muffin. (3) As every baker knows, a muffin is a small cake that rises above its metal container. (2) Homer should eat a whole-grain muffin instead, or at least add fresh fruit. ![]()
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