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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.
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> 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.

Nooo he said he bakes them as loaves and toasts the slices!

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