My Brit friends, what do you call these type of muffins in England?

Publish date: 2024-05-04

Not a Brit, but that is similar to a pikelet.

by Anonymousreply 2January 15, 2020 1:55 PM

Muffins.

For YEARS we couldn't even get them in England.

They're almost an American invention that as usual we copied.

by Anonymousreply 3January 15, 2020 2:00 PM

English muffins are referred to simply as muffins in the UK. The U.S.-style muffins (a sweet quickbread) are sometimes referred to as American muffins, American-style muffins, or sweet muffins but usually only for clarity or branding purposes.

Okay, my little muffin?

by Anonymousreply 4January 15, 2020 2:00 PM

What would the British call her?

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by Anonymousreply 6January 15, 2020 2:02 PM

They’re called English muffins.

by Anonymousreply 7January 15, 2020 2:03 PM

If the English call those muffins, then what do they call crumpets? Is there any difference?

by Anonymousreply 8January 15, 2020 2:05 PM

The Brits don't know how to bake American muffins. They're always doughy in the centre. They also don't get the American thing of buttering them and they never toast them.

If you come to England avoid them.

by Anonymousreply 9January 15, 2020 2:05 PM

[quote]If the English call those muffins, then what do they call crumpets? Is there any difference?

Of course there's a difference, don't be stupid.

by Anonymousreply 10January 15, 2020 2:06 PM

Just to be clear, R9, this is what Brits call an "American muffin"?

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by Anonymousreply 11January 15, 2020 2:11 PM

Yes - R11 in all its varieties, though sadly we don't seem to get Corn Muffins here. My personal fave, with butter and cheap Grape Jelly.

by Anonymousreply 12January 15, 2020 2:19 PM

This is like the conundrum of what they call Canadian Geese in Canada, are they just geese?

by Anonymousreply 13January 15, 2020 2:50 PM

There once was a man from Sydney

Whose wife gave him steak and kidney

But he preferred calf

So he cut her in half

Well he had to do something, didn't he?

by Anonymousreply 14January 15, 2020 3:07 PM

Don’t ask what the Brits call French fries.

Cheeky bastards.

by Anonymousreply 15January 15, 2020 3:34 PM

These are called "biscuits" in England.

by Anonymousreply 17January 15, 2020 4:58 PM

British scones aren't the same as American scones either. They're actually more similar to North-eastern biscuits. I was under the impression English muffins were called crumpets in England, who knows where I got that from.

by Anonymousreply 18January 15, 2020 5:05 PM

These are crumpets.

They're full of holes, so the butter and jam run onto your hands and up your arms.

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by Anonymousreply 19January 15, 2020 5:21 PM

How can I get some whatever they're called?

by Anonymousreply 21January 15, 2020 5:28 PM

Have never seen a muffin in the UK.

by Anonymousreply 22January 15, 2020 5:28 PM

Americans appropriated the word 'muffin' to justify eating cake for breakfast!

Do Americans have OVEN BOTTOM muffins? They are more like rolls than muffins but I love them.

A toasted ancient grain muffin with peanut butter and cheese does it for me.

by Anonymousreply 23January 15, 2020 5:28 PM

[quote]This is like the conundrum of what they call Canadian Geese in Canada, are they just geese?

I don't know about Canada, but in America they're called Canada geese, not Canadian geese.

by Anonymousreply 26January 15, 2020 5:36 PM

[quote]Interior view.

As if I want to look at the interior of your fucking crumpet.

by Anonymousreply 27January 15, 2020 5:38 PM

In America they call these pancakes.

We call them American Pancakes but can't seem to work out how to make them properly.

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by Anonymousreply 28January 15, 2020 5:41 PM

[quote]As if I want to look at the interior of your fucking crumpet.

It's not all about YOU, dear.

by Anonymousreply 29January 15, 2020 5:48 PM

Sorry, R2, but that is nothing like a pikelet! A pikelet (also known as a crumpet) is a griddle scone while a muffin is baked.

by Anonymousreply 30January 15, 2020 6:02 PM

[quote] A pikelet (also known as a crumpet)

No, it is NOT.

[quote] is a griddle scone

I don't even know what the fuck that is.

by Anonymousreply 31January 15, 2020 6:04 PM

Hey, R30 - YOU.KNOW.NOTHING.

by Anonymousreply 32January 15, 2020 6:05 PM

r30 A pikelet IS baked on a griddle, or a girdle (if you're a Scot) as you say, but so are American "English" muffins, at least traditionally. God knows what they do to them in big industrial bakeries.

Some English muffin doughs, which contain yeast, are so soft that each portion of dough must be contained in a small ring mold, about the size of a 6oz tuna fish can, throughout baking, or the muffin flattens too much. If the dough is made stiffer, the rings are unnecessary.

by Anonymousreply 33January 15, 2020 9:30 PM

Damn. I saw this thread and realized I had a package of Bay's English muffins in the freezer. So I thawed and toasted two of them, slathered butter and orange marmalade on them, and had two huge mugs of tea. Thank you, DL!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 34January 15, 2020 9:40 PM

Canada geese are named after the man who discovered them.

Nothing to do with the country.

Honk.

by Anonymousreply 35January 15, 2020 10:03 PM

[quote] Do Americans have OVEN BOTTOM muffins?

You should know that name will go over well on this board.

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by Anonymousreply 36January 15, 2020 10:28 PM

Samuel S. Thomas brought his recipe from England, creating a bakery in Chelsea on Ninth Avenue where the Episcopal General Seminary now stands. Later moved bakery to 335 West 20th, where a plaque commemorates "The Muffin House."

by Anonymousreply 37January 15, 2020 10:41 PM

R28 I've had good resuots with this recipe.

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by Anonymousreply 38January 15, 2020 10:45 PM

Just to pile on, why not huh? Why do I see washers and dryers in the kitchen in pictures and soap operas from Britain? What’s up with that?

by Anonymousreply 39January 15, 2020 11:00 PM

Thanks for that blocked link R 38....so satisfying.

by Anonymousreply 40January 15, 2020 11:00 PM

Not that golden oldie again R39

by Anonymousreply 41January 15, 2020 11:02 PM

The only time I’ve ever eaten a muffin like that is with my McDonald’s breakfast.

by Anonymousreply 42January 15, 2020 11:05 PM

They are called French muffins. The French call them German muffins and the names move ever eastward. The Russians call them Chinese muffins. Go figure!

by Anonymousreply 43January 15, 2020 11:10 PM

Hey R31, a crumpet IS also known as a pikelet (see Wikipedia: "Crumpets are regionally known as pikelets, a name also applied to a thinner, more pancake-like griddle cake:[1] a type of the latter is referred to as a crumpet in Scotland.")

BUT I'm totally wrong in that I thought muffins were baked when they are, in fact, also griddle / girdle scones -- as R33 correctly points out.

by Anonymousreply 44January 16, 2020 9:30 PM

Crumpets are delicious but I would really like to bury my face in the buns of r36's pic.

by Anonymousreply 45January 16, 2020 10:43 PM

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