@NateNate60@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 month agoWhat is one relatively unknown thing that your country does much better than elsewhere, but that most people don't know about?message-square174fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down13
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareWhat is one relatively unknown thing that your country does much better than elsewhere, but that most people don't know about?@NateNate60@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 month agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-square@Yggnar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•30 days agoIs that the same thing we Americans refer to as an “English Muffin”? I always thought crumpets were cookies or something lol.
minus-square@bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•30 days agoNo it’s not. It’s more of a spongy consistency compared to a the dry, breadiness of an English muffin.
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•edit-230 days agoExactly. It is the optimal food sponge; not too deep, not too shallow. It’s also a fantastically endearing insult to use, since it means someone is a little dense but not actually stupid, and I like to believe that we are all crumpets in this way.
minus-square@Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•29 days agoIn my dad’s era, a bit of crumpet was something completely different
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•29 days ago(I might actually be using it wrong. What does it mean?)
Is that the same thing we Americans refer to as an “English Muffin”? I always thought crumpets were cookies or something lol.
No it’s not. It’s more of a spongy consistency compared to a the dry, breadiness of an English muffin.
Exactly. It is the optimal food sponge; not too deep, not too shallow.
It’s also a fantastically endearing insult to use, since it means someone is a little dense but not actually stupid, and I like to believe that we are all crumpets in this way.
In my dad’s era, a bit of crumpet was something completely different
(I might actually be using it wrong. What does it mean?)