On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 2:42:03 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> On 9/26/2015 11:07 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> >
> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 9:32:36 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>> > On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 1:03:41 AM UTC-10, Mr.E wrote:
> >>> >> For years we have eaten english muffins for breakfast on the
> >>> weekends.
> >>> >> Several weeks ago we felt that the Publix Sourdough we liked had
> >>> >> gotten
> >>> >> dry and tasteless. We tried the Publix Originals and they seemed
> >>> to >> also
> >>> >> be changed.
> >>> >> Tried Great Value and Old English with similar results.
> >>> >> We now wonder if this is the result of the "trans fat" nannying in
> >>> >> breads by the govt or if something else may have changed just by
> >>> >> coincidence.
> >>> >> -- >> Mr.E
> >>> >
> >>> > Sorry to hear of your problem. These are the best EM I ever had. I
> >>> > don't
> >>> > know how they do it. Too bad they go moldy far too easily.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> http://www.samsclub.com/sams/hawaii-...15oz/162828.ip
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Could you not freeze some and use them as you want?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> http://tastyislandhawaii.com/page/172
> >
> > That is a shame. Does it matter so much how it looks? Flavour is all
> >
>
> The cookie cutter muffins are all symmetrical and even and like a lot of
> things that are perfectly shaped - boring. They got these tiny air cells
> with a stale, bread texture. The Star muffin has big holes and are
> ragged when torn apart. Its got a wonderful chewy texture and some kind
> of malted grain taste. It's a totally different product than the others
> on the market.
>
> I hesitate calling it an "English" muffin when speaking to someone from
> the UK. What do all ya'alls calls it? 
The notion of "English muffins" perplexes the British I have run into,
because no such food currently exists in the UK. They are either a food
that used to be English, or they were mistakenly or randomly called
English here. (The German chocolate cake was not German, but named
after Mr. German's Chocolate company.)
I got in all kinds of misunderstandings back in the day: London Fog
raincoats came from New Jersey, not the UK; Frusen Gladje ice cream was
not from Scandinavia, and so on.