"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:36:08 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:31:49 +0000, Broadback
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> On 28/12/2013 13:34, Gus wrote:
>> >> > 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?
>> >> Us Brits do love out crumpets! ;-))
>> >
>> > I love crumpets too (they are different from English muffins).
>> > They're easy enough to make, but they're even easier to buy.
>>
>> I did wonder if it were crumpets he was seeing. I watched the series
>> but
>> don't remember.
>
> What series?

Opinicus

"I've always wondered about English muffins. How "English" are they
really? In TV dramas like "Downton Abbey", "Duchess of Duke Street"
etc people are often eating something "at tea" called a "scone" that
looks suspiciously like what's called an "English muffin" in the US."


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