« Words and Actions, Redux | Main | In Lieu of Real Content »
Scones? Phooey.
Scones are just muffins bastard stepchild.
Muffins are cakes gone bad.
« Words and Actions, Redux | Main | In Lieu of Real Content »
Scones are just muffins bastard stepchild.
Muffins are cakes gone bad.
Comments
Nancy said:
You haven't tried them with whipped cream and jam.
Mmmmmm...
Posted on Feb 21, 2006 12:11 AM
Roberta S said:
Muffins are cakes gone bad since all the nutritionists zeroed in on them with their whole grain, oatmeal, fibre, bran. I wish they would have attacked the scones instead. I don't like nutritious muffins. I only like one kind a muffin. A fluffy home-made (no wholegrain, no nuts, no bran) fresh eggs, milk, and butter, almond-flavored muffin with almond-flavored icing. Yum, Yum.
Muffins haven't a hope of returning to the goodness they once were.
Posted on Feb 25, 2006 03:47 PM
Nancy said:
Roberta: Isn't what you described more of a cupcake than a muffin?
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 01:07 AM
Roberta S said:
Hi Nancy. Fair question. You are right. By today's standards, it is. But when I was young muffins were anything baked in a muffin pan before the fibre, bran, etc. tampering began. Continental breakfasts and restaurants even offered 'cupcakes', before a healthy-thinking society descended on those 'cupcakes'with a vengence that turned all of them into muffins. Cupcakes are now an endangered species that have pretty much disappeared. Replaced by muffins. But, technically, you are right. Though I'm not sure the modern generation knows what a cupcake is. Perhaps this is just a phenomena in my own particular corner of the world.
Now you've got me thinking. Muffins can be made with blueberries, raisins, anything that's in a cake. So really, what is the difference? Muffins must have fibre and can't have icing? :)
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 02:01 PM
Add A Comment