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English Muffins
"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:36:08 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:31:49 +0000, Broadback
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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! ;-))
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>> >> > I love crumpets too (they are different from English muffins).
>> >> > They're easy enough to make, but they're even easier to buy. 
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>> >> I did wonder if it were crumpets he was seeing. I watched the series
>> >> but
>> >> don't remember.
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>> > What series?
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>> Opinicus
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>> "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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>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/
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> As far as I know, English Muffins, Crumpets and Scones are entirely
> different things.
They are.
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