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On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:34:59 -0500, "Gus" >
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> Why are they almost always "fork-split" and not sliced, like bread? At
> the muffin factory, instead of slicers are there machines that have
> forks on the end that stab the muffins as they go by on a conveyor belt?


We used to fork split them before they were ever factory split because
you get more nooks and crannies that way, which means more places for
butter and jam to nestle in.

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