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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2004
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The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 07:38
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For ages i have been plagued by which of the two is the better choice for breakfast. i used to be a firm believer that nothing came close to a hot crumpet soaked in butter and honey until one day... there were no crumpets, and i was forced to eat the humble english muffin instead. after toasting, i added a decent amount of butter to each half, and then, a smidge of vegemite on one half, and an absolute shitload of peanut butter to the other. boy o boy was it good. but now, im faced with the dilemma of which breakfast bread to tell mum to buy?
What do i do?.....
Any comments/thoughts are greatly appreciated
Yours in warm bread derived breakfast foods,
Tom
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 07:43
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I tend to like variety.. but english muffins generally are better. less messy, and much more versatile! english muffin with a grilled sausage and slice of cheese, with a smidge of french mustard *drools*
and of course very good with butter and honey, but the crumpet tastes as good, if not a little better, with butter & honey... you just need a bib to eat it and wash your hands afterwards.
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I supported Toymods
Location: sydney.au
Registered: August 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 07:51
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im a crumpet man myself
but i dont mind a muffin form time to time
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Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered: November 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 07:53
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er, this thread is...different
i havent had either for ages, but i voted crumpet anyway
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Location: Sydney, shire
Registered: June 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 07:56
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I AM THE MUFFIN MAN!
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Location: brisbane
Registered: May 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 08:11
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muffin for sure, u get that shit, smear it in butter and whack it in the oven till crispy
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Location: Canberra
Registered: May 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 08:23
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The muffin is more versatile, can you make a bacon and egg MC'crumpet?
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Location: Sydney/Wollongong
Registered: October 2003
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Location: Campbelltown, NSW, Austra...
Registered: January 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 08:31
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Yeah while crumpets are good for mini pizzas, you can also use muffins for them. But you can't use crumpets for bacon and eggs so i'd have to go with the muffin.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: February 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 08:32
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crumpets fo shizzle!
cheesy crumpets, nutella crumpets, jam crumpets...is there anything ye cant do?
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Location: Sydney/Wollongong
Registered: October 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 08:37
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Camry_omega wrote on Sun, 22 May 2005 18:31 | Yeah while crumpets are good for mini pizzas, you can also use muffins for them.
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Yeah, I meant using muffins Never tried it with crumpets but I don't think they would work too well since all the tomato sauce would leak through the holes...
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 09:01
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cheese melted on top of already toasted crumpet even better with vegemite under neath the cheese. muffins are tops too good to make mini pizzas out of
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 09:02
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yeah crumpets are good for the cheese melted on top but whilst they are yummy they are very messy to eat best with golden syrup on top but so messy
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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 09:03
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hmmm both sides make some pretty interesting points. at the moment though i am leaning towards the versatility of the muffin. however i am yet to cast my vote and finally send mum to get my chosen one in next weeks shopping.....
keep comments coming. im not sure if i want to lose an old friend in the crumpet, but you supporters of the fabled wholey bread arent being vocal enough to convince me not too....
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Location: cambo
Registered: May 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 09:33
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i cant beleive this is even being discussed, muffin wins hands down.
does anyone else know the song "muffin man" by frank zapper? i absolutely LOVE that song. frank zappa was a champion.
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Official Cruise Dude
Location: liverpool
Registered: March 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 09:36
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English muffin BUT u have to have so much Vegemite that its sour i love it
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: January 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 11:08
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I love crumpets with lots of vegemite and dipped in soup mmmm
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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 11:14
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ok ok. i think a verdict has been reached:
TOM: Mum, i've made my decision. can you please buy muffins instead of crumpets this week?
MUM: But you've been eating crumpets forever and a day...
TOM: i know, but i think its time for a change, one that opens up a pandoras box of opportunities; sweet or savoury flavourings, with more potential than just breakfast.
MUM: What are you talking about?
TOM: Mum, i think its time you stepped forward into the muffin revolution.
MUM: Okay son, what ever you say. It really is a shame to see the crumpet finally leave this household, but you seem to think the muffin is more than capable.
TOM: Oh, and it is.
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Location: Tassie
Registered: October 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 14:39
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DON'T DO IT !!!!!
Crumpets are way better than muffins.
for a start nobody refers to pussy as "muffin" (altho now i see it it could be a metaphore for plesuring a woman oraly) but they do say "crumpet" in the UK.
Crumpet's are great to soak up butter and things like that, I still get hungry when a see the golden crumpet sing with the honey dripping onto it.
I whip the crumpet out of the toaster chuck a knob of butter on it them throw it in the microwave to make sure it soaks up all the butter.
Once when melting butter for a cake i toasted a crumpet and left it in the meltedbutter till it was almost hard then at the crumpet. It was amazing !!!!!!
Try and crumpet and "indo me" noodles use the crumpet to soak up the spicy nooldle juice.
Mookie
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Location: Camden, NSW
Registered: June 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 22:29
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variety is the key!!!!!
I love crumpets with vegemite, and love muffins with just butter, but i dont like changing and having muffins with vegenite and crumpets with just butter.
If i were you id tell her to buy one one week and the other on the 2nd week
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I supported Toymods
Location: Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered: September 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 23:07
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both here, love them equally as with 99% of all foods out there
will start with a muffin with bacon and egg and bbq sauce then move to a crumpet
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Club Member
Location: Sydney, NSW
Registered: May 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Sun, 22 May 2005 23:17
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Crumpet and Honey...
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Location: Darwin
Registered: April 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 01:26
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I'm an English Muffin fan myself. Fry up an ega nd some bacon, whack it into a muffin and away you go!
But if the moment calls for some crumpet, then I'm not impartial to that.
On a side note: I haven't had a crumpet for ages. There's been some good ideas in this thread I'm gonna have to give a go.
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 01:28
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was funny cos i saw this thread after having crumpets for brekkie on saturday morning. You know what else is good raison toast with butter and cinnamun sugar.
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Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: April 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 01:29
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CRAP
I clicked crumpet, but I meant to click Muffin!!
NOTHING comes close to a hot, forksplit english muffin with slightly brown crispy edges and some nice plain butter or marmalade
'nuff said
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Location: Tassie
Registered: October 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 01:39
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They don't cost much so buy them both and you will always be able to choose
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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 04:09
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rolla boy has sparked a fire inside me. i regret what i said before. i will always love the crumpet and honey. it looks like i might go crumpets one month, and muffins the next. decisions, decisions
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Registered: May 2002
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 04:14
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Quote: | rolla boy has sparked a fire inside me. i regret what i said before. i will always love the crumpet and honey. it looks like i might go crumpets one month, and muffins the next. decisions, decisions
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Here's an idea, occasionally buy both crumpets and muffins. Trust me, it won't break the bank. I am sure you visit the shops more than once a month and I am even more sure you don't buy a months supply of crumpets or muffins in one go (I could be very wrong though).
I just ate a muffin based pizza, heated in the mini oven at work. It went down a treat
We have some fruit muffins at home, I won't eat them though as they have that horrid peel shit in them. I mean come on, I peel the skin off an orange so I don't have to eat it, not so it can be used in other food products.
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Location: newcastle nsw
Registered: March 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 08:52
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well nothing goes down then a nice crumpet onder the grill, with a whole heap of butter on the top and a big slab of blackcurrent jam works a treat. i might go down to the shops and get some for breakie tommorow
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Location: brisbane
Registered: February 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 09:11
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I hate you all. I am stuck here at work without a crumpet or english muffin in sight. Now I crave toasted goodness. Melted butter. Jam. Various savoury toppings. I'll be hanging out for a crumpet or english muffin all night now. (I'm just kidding about the hate bit).
Cheers, Hodgie.
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 09:20
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EASY! One week ask her for one, the next ask her for the other one, and so on.
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Location: newcastle nsw
Registered: March 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 10:04
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the only thing better then crumpets or muffins are pancakes yummy
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On Probation
Location: launceston tas
Registered: March 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 10:21
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STR8 2.8 wrote on Sun, 22 May 2005 18:32 | crumpets fo shizzle!
cheesy crumpets, nutella crumpets, jam crumpets...is there anything ye cant do?
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hmmm well i wouldnt do tomato sauce
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I Supported Toymods
Location: Casula
Registered: January 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Mon, 23 May 2005 13:36
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Muffins 1st.
Fruit muffins 2nd.
Crumpets 3rd.
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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Tue, 24 May 2005 06:04
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i have to agree with ke382TG that fuit muffin are the most shameful and disgusting part of the muffin family. at this stage it looks like it will be weekly rotation. however if i was to leave home (hopefully not) it would be muffins all the way, thanks to their versatility (breakfast, lunch and dinner...)
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Tue, 24 May 2005 06:11
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ke30king wrote on Mon, 23 May 2005 20:21 |
STR8 2.8 wrote on Sun, 22 May 2005 18:32 | crumpets fo shizzle!
cheesy crumpets, nutella crumpets, jam crumpets...is there anything ye cant do?
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hmmm well i wouldnt do tomato sauce
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nah i'd do the tomato sauce i'd put sauce on anything, i have been known to put chilli sauce on pretty much everything i eat, including my lunch mmm sweet chillie sauce.
i'd scrap the nutella though, thats cos i'm allergic to nuts so i can't put anything on there.
Personally though nothing beat muffins or even just bread with tomato and cheese on it toasted under the griller, thats the shit.
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Location: Liverpool
Registered: February 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Tue, 24 May 2005 06:50
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I'd alternate between the two, that way you get the best of both worlds. Get the old girl to lash out on a packet of each and you'll be set for morning's full of muffiny-crumpety goodness.
Muffins are great I love 'em. Crumpets are as good, especially when the butter runs down ya chin into ya beard.
Cheers, Greg.
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Tue, 24 May 2005 07:03
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stuff alternating eat em both at once, just take what you want out of the pack and freeze the rest, half half only fair way to do it.
ps what are the best curmpet round traditional ones or the bread shaped ones with the cut in the middle
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Location: Perth, WA
Registered: December 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Tue, 24 May 2005 08:07
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muffins = teh rule.
Eldar.O.
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Location: newcastle nsw
Registered: March 2005
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Tue, 24 May 2005 20:59
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Corona RT142 wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 17:03 |
ps what are the best curmpet round traditional ones or the bread shaped ones with the cut in the middle
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the round ones of course
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On Probation
Location: Hobart
Registered: December 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 01:26
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Cumpet and Vegemite... say no more
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Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered: November 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 03:17
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i had crumpets with honey late this morning
*drool*
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 03:19
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honey has nothing on golden syrup
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: April 2004
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Location: Launceston
Registered: March 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 13:42
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fruit muffin is the way, especially if it is covered muffin head to muffin toe with vegimite, that my muffin eatin companions is the best muffin anyone on this eatrh can have, sadly just trying to covert people to this way of muffin eating makes them sick BUT the do come back to the old fruit and vegimite muffin,
Give it a go you'll be suprised.
Tip: dont go overboard with the vegimite at first start small and work your way up.
dont mind the old cheese and bacon muffin either.
Tom
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On Probation
Location: launceston tas
Registered: March 2005
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59
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hmmm well i do prefer the taste of crumpets with vegimite but i have to agree muffins are alot more versatile.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: June 2004
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Re: The English Muffin vs The Crumpet
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Wed, 25 May 2005 18:33
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lmao its 430am in the mornin and im reading about breakkie
drools dammn im outta both i gotta settle for nobal rise bread lol
its almost like muffines i guess...
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