NateNate60@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhat is one relatively unknown thing that your country does much better than elsewhere, but that most people don't know about?message-squaremessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down14
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhat is one relatively unknown thing that your country does much better than elsewhere, but that most people don't know about?NateNate60@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareYggnar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIs that the same thing we Americans refer to as an “English Muffin”? I always thought crumpets were cookies or something lol.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoNo it’s not. It’s more of a spongy consistency compared to a the dry, breadiness of an English muffin.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoExactly. It is the optimal food sponge; not too deep, not too shallow. It’s also a fantastically endearing insult to use, since it means someone is a little dense but not actually stupid, and I like to believe that we are all crumpets in this way.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIn my dad’s era, a bit of crumpet was something completely different
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago(I might actually be using it wrong. What does it mean?)
Is that the same thing we Americans refer to as an “English Muffin”? I always thought crumpets were cookies or something lol.
No it’s not. It’s more of a spongy consistency compared to a the dry, breadiness of an English muffin.
Exactly. It is the optimal food sponge; not too deep, not too shallow.
It’s also a fantastically endearing insult to use, since it means someone is a little dense but not actually stupid, and I like to believe that we are all crumpets in this way.
In my dad’s era, a bit of crumpet was something completely different
(I might actually be using it wrong. What does it mean?)