Home-made English muffins: everyone's doing it

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Aug 24th 2005 @ 11:05PM

Making your own Eggs Benedict, completely from scratch, could be only 12 hours away, and we can thank Barbara of Winos and Foodies for the recipe, and Sam from Becks & Posh for testing the recipe and posting more drool-worthy pics. (The original inspiration was an article in New Zealand's Listener magazine.) And who knew English muffins were cooked in a skillet? I sure didn't. They have to rise overnight, but the no-oven thing is great for a hot, lazy summer morning. And what better way to show off some fresh local eggs?

Filed Under: Methods
Tags: breakfast, british isles, frying, west coast

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8-26-2005 @12:43AM Arun said... Not me.
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8-25-2005 @11:13AM ShortWoman said... Ok, that's nice. But the "original Listener article" speaks of using sourdough starter, then gives us a commercial yeast recipe. Does anybody have a good Sourdough English Muffin recipe?
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8-25-2005 @5:14PM Bob said... ShortWoman, here's a good recipe that I kept meaning to try, but never quite got around to it. Let me know how it comes out if you try it.

http://www.sourdoughhome.com/englishmuffins.html
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8-25-2005 @6:51PM Sam said... In England, English muffins are simply called "Muffins" and they most certainly would never be sourdough.

Muffins are sometimes called "American Muffins"
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8-25-2005 @7:32PM ShortWoman said... Thanks Bob!

It looks like there's plenty of ways to use starter at that site to explore.
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8-27-2005 @4:11PM sarah gilbert said... that's great, Sam - American muffins! when I think of food that's quintessentially American, I certainly don't think of muffins. but if they've been memorialized on Seinfeld, I guess they must be American. is there anything else called "American..." in England?
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