It’s funny how you can be in blogging mode for weeks on end and then suddenly slip out of it, no? I think maybe flickr has been stealing away my attention, along with, oh, the rest of the world outside the computer. There are several things I make at home rather than buy, and whenever I start thinking, ‘Hm, haven’t had to do anything tedious for a while. . . ‘ I’m suddenly out of coffee, yogurt, and bread all at the same time. Which is what happened this week. I made English muffins:
Not bad, eh? I used Alton Brown’s recipe and the set of muffin rings I thrifted earlier in the summer. I used a cup of skim milk instead of the water + powdered milk combo he uses (the reason for which he explains in the episode that recipe comes from). I also used half bread flour, which might be why they seem not quite like English muffins — more like something of a cross between that and crumpets. But I like them.
That said, I probably won’t make them again. Too much work (standing over the skillet, flipping, etc, etc) for something I can buy cheaply and still enjoy. Loaves of bread are another matter. Of course, I said I wasn’t going to make yogurt again after the first time, and we know what happened there. . .
The last time I tried to buy english muffins they were nearly $4 for a pack of 6 (or do they come in 8?). I nearly died at the price, and it wasn’t some kind of fancy, whole grain, organic thing either. Just run of the mill Thomas’ english muffins.
Sad to hear they were a lot of work given that!
Sarah — Yes, the Thomas’ ones are expensive. But the ones in the refrigerator case (at my supermarket) are half the price.
I’m sure when you lived in London you just used to call them muffins.
You are so creative, and Ilove the photographs. I just wish I had some money to do some of the things on the internet. WOW!! Keep up the good work.
I love them. They sure look yummy. I sometimes make them with spagetti sause and cheese, or with just cheese.