Alex Ferguson
>These sound remarkably like the sorts of muffins sold as such, if not in
>England, then certainly in Scotland. Hence, by assumption, they can't
>be American English muffins. ;-) BTW, what are "American-style" muffins
>(effectively small cakes with vast amounts of chocolate chips, etc)
>known as in the US? Do the British Isles repay the compliment of
>wanton ethnic gastronomic misrepresentation in this respect?
Bill's English muffin's would be recognized as such here in Canada FWIW. Frankly their only proper purpose AFAIC is to act as a support for back bacon*, poached eggs, gobs of hollandaise (not the light stuffbut is it really Dutch or is that just what the French call it?) and a sprinkle of paprika.
Repugnantly English Muffins are also available in whole wheat as is pita bread. (This so-called healthy foods trend must be stopped!)
(Here I'm assuming that a muffin is the same in the U.S. as Canada which may be dangerous-there's less confusion in food product names between the two. (But note the * above).
A muffin (note the complete lack of proper place name adjectives) is a charming little mushroom shaped baked good often found stuffed, as Alex suggests, with chocolate chips, various berries or fruit and my personal favorite-apples of the Dutch variety. The muffin is almost as common in Canada as the doughnut. Make sure you visit a doughnut shop if you're going to GC V. It'd be hard to miss one. Make sure you ask if they have doughnut holes....
Oliver D. Bernuetz
bernuetz.oliver_at_cbsc.ic.gc.ca
>From Fresser's Gourmet Guide to Glorantha
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