What's the deal with English muffins and why do the English like them so much?
What's the deal with English muffins and why do the English like them so much?
Seems pretty basic to me and only good if you butter them.
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.
I use them for sandwiches. I'm American btw.
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.
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.
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"
Sometime in the last 5-10 years, McD's changed their English muffins. They used to be good, now they have a weird, too fluffy texture even if you get then extra toasted.
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 did not realize the English liked them so much, hell I did not even think they were English.
I always assumed English Muffins are English like French Fries are French.
I looked up their history, they were invented by an English expat in New York. They are a yeast or sourdough version of a crumpet.
I thought fries came from concentrated freedom?
Fresh free range egg from my chickens, nice slice of cheddar cheese, and a sausage patty are pretty good on them, too.
Or some peanut butter if you are in a rush.
That's the plan.
I eat 'em toasted with peanut butter for breakfast most days. Just got finished with one. I don't know what the deal is, so I'm going to invent one: a medieval French chef sold his soul for the recipe and the English adopted them as a reminder that all French bakers should go to the devil!