Topic: American Muffins or English Muffins?

I've never liked English muffins.

I believe Americans call this an english muffin sometimes, although we call it a crumpet. And crumpets are awesome.

As for a traditional english muffin, they are also awesome with butter+vegemite or jam+cream

Actually, those would be called cupcakes and not muffins. They are completely different _{for reasons that aren't exactly clear to me lol}
Actually, they may in fact only share 1 difference: muffins are essentially cupcakes that are "ok" to eat for breakfast. What apparently makes them ok to eat for breakfast is that they don't have frosting on them. sooooo.
Does it have frosting? If yes, then treat = cupcake. If no, then treat = muffin.

English Muffins are awesome with butter and Peter Pan peanut butter. mmmmmmmm

English muffins, here in America, are for breakfast. Some put butter, some put honey, some put peanut butter, some put jam. I wasn't aware that the muffins in paper cups were American. We eat those here any time of the day, they come in many many flavors, and a lot of them are healthy. There is also something else we make in paper cups called cupcakes. They are made from different materials and we put icing on top of them, sometimes sprinkles and on special occasions a candle. I like "American" muffins the best because there are so many different delicious kinds and you can eat them at any time of the day, warm or cold, on the go or in your home. I love me an English muffin with some honey, eggs and bacon. Rawr.

I am american, but quite frankly, I hate cupcakes and american muffins. English muffins are awesome, especially with bacon, cheese, and eggs all inside!
Oh, and American wise, the difference between cupcakes and muffins is that Cupcakes are generally meant for desert, and normally have no filling or extra ingredients [other than the frosting on top]. Muffins are meant for any time of the day, and normally have fruits baked into them, and are made with whole grains often. The batters are quite different. [unless you bake like my sister.]

Yeah that is a crumpet. I'm American and we call those things that here too, at least where I am. Those are good, but I still prefer the English ones more. Lol those holes in the crumpets though will just soak up that butter! I've made the mistake of putting too much on one. As for American muffins it really depends. They are so versatile. If you are talking about just a plain old muffin, then no. But theirs, chocolate, bran, poppyseed, muffins with chunks of apple in it. All kinds.

There's something about English muffins I just can't stand. American muffins are good, depending on the type. Generally you want to avoid the ones that coffee shops put out, as they really push the calorie count. A nice American corn muffin with a bit of butter is a pretty great breakfast to me.

That, and grits. (I doubt many will know what those are)

That be a crumpet, as mentioned, or sometimes a pikelet, but it sure aint no muffin.

Oh I know grits and I love them with a couple of over easy eggs mixed in. You're right about the coffee shop muffins. It's not the calories that bother me so much just, could they pack anymore sugar in those? It is sickly sweet and I can't stand stuff like that. It almost seems like they just open a bag of sugar and drop the muffin in and let it roll around in there for a while.

When someone says 'eggs over easy', how are they asking for their eggs to be cooked?

Fried?

Well, there is a bit of difference over here: Fried eggs are cooked longer and are firmer. Over easy eggs are much runnier, usually used for dipping toast in, etc.

The yolk is usually broken and sandwiched into the whites. but yeah as Fox said the yolk tends to be runny.

Ah. Lightly fried.

No way those eggs are "over easy." The near one was never flipped, you can tell.

"Over" simply means fried eggs flipped over, and "easy," "medium," or "well" refers to the level of doneness of the yolk, with easy being the most runny. I take mine over because I can't stand runny eggwhites, and medium so some liquid yolk remains to sop up with my Thomas' English Muffins.

Vay, the yolks on eggs over only get broken if the chef doesn't know how to flip eggs without breaking them. Broken yolks = scrambled eggs or an omlet.

Lol yeah over easy eggs get messed up quite frequently. I will admit I'm not good at it.

^{EDIT: Here's a tip, don't "flip" them, just roll them over - the spatula should never lose contact with the pan.}

Just noticed that. Great to see another fan of grits!
Usually anyone around where I live just stares at me when I mention them.

I enjoy both, but personally there are few things more enjoyable in the morning than a blueberry (American) muffin.

I like muffins as they are called here which aren't the same as what Americans call "English" muffins because those are more like crunchy crumpets that cut the roof of your mouth to shreds, though before you cut them in half they do look similar.

American muffins are okay, but I prefer cupcakes (which are commonly referred to as "fairy cakes" over here).