This week I broke the rules and had toast with butter, 3 times: Once just butter Once butter + cinnamon sugar Once butter + orange marmalade. Which was best? 🤔 Probably need to try them all again to make an accurate choice 😋
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They all sound good to me! 😋
jun 24, 2025, 9:15 pm • 3 0 • view
Yep!
jun 25, 2025, 4:36 am • 2 0 • view
They all sound great! I love toast with just butter!
jun 25, 2025, 1:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Who made those rules anyway?
jun 25, 2025, 1:32 pm • 2 0 • view
They’re more guidelines really. No need to take them very seriously.
jun 25, 2025, 1:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Because toast.
jun 25, 2025, 1:41 pm • 4 0 • view
Yes!
jun 25, 2025, 1:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Still undecided? Try again with crumpets 🤣
jun 25, 2025, 4:30 am • 1 0 • view
😂 You are wise, my friend!! Ted gets back on Thur night from a conference, so maybe we will try this experiment again on the weekend
jun 25, 2025, 4:36 am • 1 0 • view
I’ve not tried the marmalade combination. Sounds yummy. Why the prohibition against toast and butter?
jun 24, 2025, 9:41 pm • 1 0 • view
This was marmalade and butter on dark rye toast. Surprisingly yummy. Probably just as good to do just the marmalade but I haven't tried that. Of course, the gold standard is orange marmalade, butter on crumpet 😋
jun 24, 2025, 9:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Looks like a more dainty English muffin. Is that what the English call English muffins?
jun 24, 2025, 9:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Similar but has different texture. English muffin is more like texture of American biscuit. Crumpet is oddly smooth and just, well, different. One store here in Los Altos CA has them, sometimes. I think in UK they eat both, but I'm not sure about English muffins there. Definitely have crumpets.
jun 24, 2025, 10:02 pm • 1 0 • view
I don’t even know what a crumpet is.
jun 24, 2025, 9:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Hard to find in US and I don't usually bake now. It's (mostly) a British thing. Made with white flour, a thin little disk of goodness that you toast. Lots of little holes from air bubbles in the dough that tend to catch the butter (or marmalade) nicely
jun 24, 2025, 9:58 pm • 2 0 • view
Ha! Excellent presentation!
jun 24, 2025, 10:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Thanks. An English friend had written about enjoying her crumpets and that made us search out some and have for special occasion. This was Christmas eve 2020. Seemed like a huge thing to enjoy a special meal on a tolerably warm day
jun 24, 2025, 10:05 pm • 1 0 • view
Trying for years to limit fat, carbs & calories. Not very successfully. (I cut out one thing and just add another) 😉
jun 24, 2025, 9:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Cutting carbs is hard.
jun 24, 2025, 9:45 pm • 1 0 • view
It is! I've found it even more challenging after I stopped eating meat yrs ago (just a personal thing, not a health thing) To avoid "filling the gap" with cheese & eggs, I tend to eat more full grain cereal, crackers, potatoes, pasta, occasional toast and of course the I-deserve-this-cookie(s) 😄
jun 24, 2025, 9:47 pm • 2 0 • view
So full grain is ok? Or just more ok?
jun 24, 2025, 9:50 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm no expert. I think full grain is good, but the amount does matter in terms of total calories and carbs. It's also VERY important to get lots of fiber, more than people thought, plus lots of water. And full grain has protein, so a nice choice. Also tasty. But still it's not a crumpet!
jun 24, 2025, 9:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Noted ☑️
jun 24, 2025, 9:57 pm • 1 0 • view
😊
jun 24, 2025, 9:59 pm • 1 0 • view