In England they’re just called muffins

There are times when you forget that a national name is tied up in the name of the thing you are looking for. A great example of this for an American is the “English Muffin”. You can get these all over the place in the USA and they’re great. I used to eat them when I was a kid, and still buy them occasionally for breakfast on weekends.

Today, my wife and I were at the local market to buy some lunch and dinner, and I saw a lady in line behind me carrying a box that said muffins on it. I, of course, thought of the thing that you get in the USA when you buy a muffin. That thing is a little cake with a fun wrapper, the ones I like usually have blueberries in them.

The muffins that this lady was holding, however, didn’t look anything like muffins. When I got a good look at them, I realized that they were English Muffins, and then I remembered that I was in England. So here, they are just called muffins.

So, you may ask, do they have the cake like thing with blueberries in it, that I like so much? The answer is yes, and it’s called an American Muffin.