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>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> > There is nothing healthful about English muffins, just empty carb
>>>>> > calories.
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>>>>> Sheldon is correct, nothing 'healthful' about English muffins, but
>>>>> they
>>>>> DO taste good.
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>>>> I love toasted Thomas english muffins. I'll eat them plain with butter
>>>> or sometimes with butter and jam on top. My only issue with them is
>>>> that it takes a LOT of butter to make them right. The carbs in the
>>>> muffin doesn't bother me - it's all that butter fat that I add. ;-o
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>>>> For this reason, I only buy a package maybe 2-3 times a year.
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>>> Something I never eat! I think I will stick with my toast It keeps
>>> me
>>> 'going' for the rest of the day <g>
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>> Have not eaten them for many years. Used to be a restaurant here that
>> served something called Tuna Twins. Split and toasted, buttered English
>> muffins topped with a slice of tomato, scoop of tuna salad and a slice of
>> cheese. Heated in the oven till the cheese melted. So rich and good and
>> next to impossible to eat! Too thick and unwieldy to pick up and if you
>> used a fork you could only concentrate on one part at a time. Also
>> always got full before I finished the second one. But soooo good!
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>> I would make the same at home with either less tuna or just tomato and
>> cheese. I do miss English muffins but alas they have dairy in them.
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> Oh I didn't know that! I read someone here (sorry I forget who) makes
> muffin bread in a breadmaker! You could do that with no dairy ... I
> suppose! Not something I've ever made.

My breadmaker only does one shape. There may well be a dairy free recipe
out there. I did buy some gluten free ones made of yams. I didn't try
them. Daughter said they were just okay but as most GF things are, they
bear no taste resemblence to the real thing.