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abundance of people resorted thither to buy How lovely that reads. I wonder why there wasn't an 'an' in front of abundance?
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Thanks Bingley. My disbelief is weakening a little. Evidently the tale has been around long enough for it to have earned some credibility even if it is apocryphal!
And Kai Lung finished his tale, smiled at the assemblage, and, while modestly drawing their attention to his empty hat, drew the moral thuswise: "So, if desirable results are believed over many generations of learned scholars to have been brought about by a shining ideal does that not become a greater truth than that the ugly greed present in so many low born persons might on occasion produce benefits to many?" ~ with apologies to Ernest Bramah
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englihs muffins,(in US) are flat disks, made from a yeasty batter, so the interior texture is very open --large yeasty holes, not the fine dough/crumb to found in bread. ~ of troy
Yep! That's a proper muffin you describe and you can buy them here like that. I am puzzled how the cakes sold as English muffins ever came to be known as that. They now come in a variety of flavours with chocolate chip and blueberry probably the most popular. They resemble the little cakes (about 2"/50mm diameter) that are made and sold here in paper cases, often with a splash of icing on the top, and eaten at children's tea time - but we have never called those muffins and their texture is not so soft as the English muffin cake.
Crumpets and muffins are among the few good things about winter.
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And Kai Lung finished his tale…
Good old Kai Lung. Always ready with a quick and pithy quip.
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dxb - I think there are two types of muffins in the US, and that's where some confusion is arising. We do have the English muffin, as described by Helen. Flat, lots of nooks and crannies for the butter, not sweet. These are always referred to as English muffins. The other sort of muffins are just called muffins, and this refers to the sweet, cake-like confections that are usually sold in a paper holder (we call them cupcake papers as Helen mentioned). They really are too big, and far too much fat and calories to be considered healthy.
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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