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

Oh! Well, that wouldn't work with mine either.