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california_rookie
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PostPosted: 11:15 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
A) Is it (at time of post) around 10:30am on Saturday the 10th of February?

B) Do English/European homes use AC or DC and at what voltage?

C) What are English Muffins called there anyway?

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PostPosted: 11:35 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Wotcha.

california_rookie wrote:
A) Is it (at time of post) around 10:30am on Saturday the 10th of February?


More than likely - it's just turned half past now.


california_rookie wrote:

B) Do English/European homes use AC or DC and at what voltage?


AC at 240 volts. 50 hertz


california_rookie wrote:

C) What are English Muffins called there anyway?

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By the look of that piccy, I'd say they were
Crumpets or Pikelets.
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PostPosted: 12:03 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
california_rookie wrote:
A) Is it (at time of post) around 10:30am on Saturday the 10th of February?

B) Do English/European homes use AC or DC and at what voltage?

C) What are English Muffins called there anyway?

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According to your post it was 10:15 AM. But close Smile

AC

Crumpets. I remember introducing them to my stepmum in Miami. Told them in the UK they're called crumpets. She cna't get enough of them.


also, while I was in a Miami, I found this.
https://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c282/M0LOT0V/Miami%20Colombia%20Miami%20again/MOI8.jpg

And I found this on the outsie of a building.
https://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c282/M0LOT0V/Miami%20Colombia%20Miami%20again/MOI12.jpg

why would someone go inside the building when it's on fire? Confused
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
no, their 'english muffins' are like a bread roll, not a crumpet

a bit like irish soda bread

we dont have anything quite the same

except when you order an egg mcmuffin in mcdonalds
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
They look like oranges to me Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:01 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
california_rookie wrote:
B) Do English/European homes use AC or DC and at what voltage?


Strictly speaking, it's 230 V AC, +10% −6%.
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m0l0t0v
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PostPosted: 15:37 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
colin1 wrote:
no, their 'english muffins' are like a bread roll, not a crumpet

a bit like irish soda bread

we dont have anything quite the same

except when you order an egg mcmuffin in mcdonalds


Well in Miami when I went there in the summer of '06 I bought "English Muffins". They looked exactly the same and tasted pretty much the same as crumpets.
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PostPosted: 15:55 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
california_rookie wrote:
A) Is it (at time of post) around 10:30am on Saturday the 10th of February?

B) Do English/European homes use AC or DC and at what voltage?

C) What are English Muffins called there anyway?


A: Probably - your post says 10:15am in it's title.
B: 220 - 240V AC @ 50Hz, single phase
C: Muffins* (or breakfast muffins) - 19p each at Waitrose

* some cakes are also called muffins
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PostPosted: 17:27 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
california_rookie wrote:


C) What are English Muffins called there anyway?

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That is so weird. I had this discussion with my BF just the other day. He was eating something that had "American rice". So I asked him what was different between American rice and English rice. (Because obviously, we dont' have "American rice" here, just rice). This logically led to the English muffin debate.

But there's a question I still have; If you call an English muffin a "muffin", what do you call a Muffin?:

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PostPosted: 17:34 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Whats American for Bollocks?
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
king kong wrote:
Whats American for Bollocks?


Cahones?
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PostPosted: 17:58 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shut it with your crumpet talk!!!

They are clearly muffins.

https://www.coultonsbread.co.uk/images/snacks-muffins.jpg
At their best split, toasted and smothered with either:

proper butter
golden syrup
or
nutella

Hell Yeah!

To distinguish between these and cake-type muffins, is not difficult. These don't come in choc-chip or blueberry varieties, and the cake ones don't get split & toasted. Duh!

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PostPosted: 18:03 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Mary Jane wrote:

But there's a question I still have; If you call an English muffin a "muffin", what do you call a Muffin?:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Muffin_NIH.jpg/300px-Muffin_NIH.jpg


It's a muffin aswell, muffin is indeed a rather ambiguous term over here. But the cake muffin is generally known to be an American term anyway. Whereas the English muffins are renowned for being very good with pork and apple sausages and fried egg. Drooling
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PostPosted: 18:09 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Rookie wrote:
muffins are renowned for being very good with pork and apple sausages and fried egg. Drooling


Vote here for buttered muffins with scrambled egg and crispy streaky bacon. Thumbs Up

***mmm, bloody starving now!!!*** Laughing
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PostPosted: 18:14 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Mudskipper wrote:

Vote here for buttered muffins with scrambled egg and crispy streaky bacon. Thumbs Up

***mmm, bloody starving now!!!*** Laughing


Being from Somerset, I had to replace the bacon. When you can get absolutely first rate sausages for about 16p each, you have to buy them as much as possible. Wink
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sephiroth wrote:
king kong wrote:
Whats American for Bollocks?


Cahones?


Cojones is Spanish. But I think it depends on how you're using the term "bullocks". Mostly, we'd use "bullshit".
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PostPosted: 18:20 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Rookie wrote:


It's a muffin aswell, muffin is indeed a rather ambiguous term over here. But the cake muffin is generally known to be an American term anyway. Whereas the English muffins are renowned for being very good with pork and apple sausages and fried egg. Drooling


so they're both muffins... how does one distinguish between the two when just talking about them generally?

For instance "Oh, I think I'd like a muffin for breakfast this morning."
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PostPosted: 18:45 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Mary Jane wrote:


so they're both muffins... how does one distinguish between the two when just talking about them generally?

For instance "Oh, I think I'd like a muffin for breakfast this morning."


Simple.

If they're a weirdo/American, they mean the cake one.

Normal people mean the bread one. Wink
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
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If they're a weirdo/American


Laughing The two go hand-in-hand? Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:53 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Re: Can't sleep: Three Questions Reply with quote
Mary Jane wrote:
Mudskipper wrote:


If they're a weirdo/American


Laughing The two go hand-in-hand? Very Happy


Well, I didn't like to say, but... Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:22 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Cheers' to all the replies. Thumbs Up

I absolutely love these breakfast muffin things of yours. In fact, I can't live without them and usually have at least two varieties sitting on the counter at any give time. Sourdough and cinnamon raisin being the best. Toasted golden brown and covered in sweet cream butter. Can't beat a mushroom, cheddar and ham omelette, OJ, and a side of those for breakfast. Unless, of course, you add some more fried and salty piggy on the side!

As for the AC/DC question, some old fart at my work was trying to convince me the other day that you folks run on DC over there and that's why none of our appliances work over there. Obviously it's just 'cause you've got double the voltage we do.
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PostPosted: 19:27 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
california_rookie wrote:
Sourdough and cinnamon raisin being the best.


Trust the Americans to complicate things. Over here they're just muffins. That's it. Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:27 - 10 Feb 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mudskipper wrote:
Shut it with your crumpet talk!!!


As a man that has tried both those muffins and crumpets, I have to say that CRUMPETS RULE!

Just had some with jam on top with a cup of tea. Fabulous!

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Cali rookie - You planning on moving out to the UK? Confused
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