Crumpets are NOT English Muffins, Okay?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/17/2018 at 15:23 • Filed to: None

Let’s get that much straight. A certain Oppo, who shall remain nameless, and who likes his brekkies, went to extreme lengths to disabuse me of the notion that English muffins were really the same thing as crumpets. Nope. This Oppo mailed me some crumpets from northern England , and they did not disappoint.

Crumpets are thicker than E. muffins, and fluffier and cakey , and crumpets lack the sourdough edge and dryness of an E. muffin. More fat in the crumpet and the bubbles form vertical cavities in the baked crumpet.

From the looks of the bottom, it looks almost as if the crumpet were fried.

The oil that’s inherent in the crumpet makes it toast up very nicely.

Add some salted dairy butter and BAM!

Now, this Oppo was not content with mailing me crumpets alone. He also included your basic Fort Knox of chocolate. There was another bar, but I sent it with Mrs. O.C., who is on her way to the bridal shower for our betrothed daughter.

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DISCUSSION (26)

AndyG_UK > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 16:05

I love crumpets, btw that crumpet does not look like it was toasted anywhere near enough!

(was it Svend, this sounds like something he would do?)

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 16:11

In much the same way that the French horn is not French, and the English horn is not English, the English muffin is not English either. And it’s not a muffin.

Okay, maybe it is, but I’m on a roll.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AndyG_UK
03/17/2018 at 16:12

I can neither confirm nor deny this.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AndyG_UK
03/17/2018 at 16:25

You are correct about needing more toasting. Quite yummier.

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 16:46

Glad it finally got there mate.

Enjoy.

Liam Farrell > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 16:56

Trader Joe’s has good crumpets, but it’s been years since I’ve had them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AndyG_UK
03/17/2018 at 18:06

Looking at your badge: is that a Jaguar F-type R badge? Top Gear* did a segment one time where they compared exhaust notes on several cars and I swear, the Jaguar sounded better than anything I’d ever heard. I could listen to it all day.

50ford500 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 18:08

That’s good to hear and makes we want to try crumpets because I absolutely despise English muffins

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AndyG_UK
03/17/2018 at 18:15

Jeremy Clarkson is a cockend. But they could do good car porn on Top Gear. Once upon a time.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 50ford500
03/17/2018 at 18:18

Different experience all together. One Oppo said Trader Joe’s carries them.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 18:33

Crumpets are delicious, English muffins (we jokingly call them Welsh muffins) are only good as buns for breakfast sandwiches. They are definitely *not* comparable to a real crumpet.

Getting them in the US is very hard outside of small British shops, I’ve found.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 18:34

I forgot that. Can anyone confirm they still do?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Liam Farrell
03/17/2018 at 18:35

Do they still sell them? I haven’t seen them in quite some time.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 20:11

The way you wrote “E.muffins” made me think E. coli at first glance. Given your dislike of those things, perhaps it was not an accident...

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 20:51

Ahhhh, crumpets. Probably the first food of my childhood (I lived in Bicester until I was seven) to trigger my trypophobia.

Liam Farrell > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/17/2018 at 21:39

Not sure, it’s been a few years since I had them.

50ford500 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 22:11

I’ll have to check that out next time I am near a Trader Joe’s then. I’m sure that the HEB has them but I’ve honestly never even looked

sn4cktimes > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/17/2018 at 22:24

Crumpets are amazing and delicious. Put butter AND jam on them for a truly stellar breakfast treat!

Edit: Crumpets are also available in most grocery stores in Canada. Come on up and make breakfasts great again!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/17/2018 at 22:46

Yes, I would agree that E. muffins are good for brekkie sandwiches.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 50ford500
03/17/2018 at 22:48

Kinja'd!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/17/2018 at 22:51

I actually don’t mind E. muffins at all. It was Other Oppo who wanted me to learn the difference. Though I like jam on mine...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
03/17/2018 at 22:52

Yeah. My daughter said just as much when she ate one this afternoon. If you want trypophobia trigger, I have the ultimate. Say the word and I’ll send it...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sn4cktimes
03/17/2018 at 22:52

Can’t do that because trade war.

Azrek > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2018 at 00:20

A scone is a biscuit.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Azrek
03/18/2018 at 01:12

Negative. A biscuit is a biscuit and a scone is a scone.

AndyG_UK > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/20/2018 at 13:51

No, it’s SEAT FR badge, if only it was a Jag R one!!!