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I am strictly talking "hair & grooming" here.

It's not even a good toupee.

It's HIS HAIR.

IMAGINE him being the country's role model? !? Hair cut please, if anyone resds this and is affiliated, acquainted, related, to him, please tell him! Hahaha!

I'm sure he's been told but he "don't care".

Hair only........... aptitude...............no comments.

M88
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I do believe Thomas' English Muffins are one of the better butter delivery systems
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Kellse, yes they are, Bays are very good too especially split and grilled! Mmmm! Toating an english muffin is cheating but is what I usually do.
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I don't want to get into politics but I believe his hair is the way it is because he wants everyone to know that he doesn't give a cap about what they think. That is pretty obvious. People have been making fun of his hair for a long time and he hasn't restyled it yet, so I don't think he will.
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And his fingers.
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Whose fingers?
Trump's or the buttery toasted English muffin's?

Hehehe,

M88
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I've always wondered: what IS an English muffin?
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HA! CM. You do not have English muffins? They are about three inches in diameter, about a inch thick, a bread. They are crust on both sides with very bubbly texture when they are baked. They are baked before they are purchased. They are sliced in half, usually toasted for quite a crispy, yet soft bread. And they are an ideal butter delivery system, to say nothing of jam and peanut butter! We have crumpets too, but probably not what the Brit version is.
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After all, crumpets and English muffins are both griddle cakes - meaning they were originally made on the stove top in a cast-iron griddle pan. They're both round and generally biscuit-sized. They both have a spongy texture full of nooks and crannies for absorbing melted butter and other delicious toppings. They're also both considered to be a breakfast, brunch, or tea food, but not the kind of bread you'd serve with dinner.

But then things start to get confusing:

• Crumpets are always made with milk, but English muffins never do. (Though there are a few recipes that beg to differ.)

• Crumpet batter is just that: a loose batter. English muffins are made from a more firm dough. (Sometimes.)

• Crumpets are made only using baking soda, where as English muffins are made with yeast or sourdough (and occasionally a little baking soda to help things along).

• Crumpets are cooked only on one side, so the bottom is flat and toasted while the top is speckled with holes (delicious, butter-absorbing holes...). English muffins are more bread-like and are toasted on both sides. (This one is actually a definite!)

• Crumpets are served whole with the jam and butter are spread right on top. English muffins are split before serving. (Unless you happen to like your crumpets split.)

As long as it serves as a vehicle for melted butter and jam, we're pretty equal opportunity when it comes to breakfast baked goods! Call it a crumpet or an English muffin, we'll give it a try either way.

From thekitchn website.
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OK, the crumpets I buy are definitely made with a yeast batter, and I've never seen a recipe using soda.
Mmmm, I think I should buy some crumpets when I go shopping today!
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I want some crumpets.
growing up we had a long toasting fork hanging by the fireplace and used to toast the crudest over the member than slather with butter and jam ( always homemade in those days) Blackberry jelly was my favorite. However I did not care for the country walks to pick blackberries. I actually favored "wooding" You had to drag home any fallen wood you found for the fire. gleaning was another walk. After the harvest we went to the corn fields and picked up any corn stalks that had been missed and took them home to feed grandma's chickens.
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Crumpets with maple butter are absolutely the best thing ever!!

Veronica, I can't imagine what the millennials think of your childhood, to them it must sound like something out of Dickens ;P
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Cwillie i actually worked in Dickens workhouse. By that time it had been transformed into a branch of a major London hospital. Transformed is the wrong word, The geriatric wards were still vast open 30 bed units.Beds round the edge and another row down the center. The windows looked out over the churchyard.
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I live in Md where there is a huge English Muffin factory .. or was for years. I Love them. with butter or peanut butter! I find it hard to find crumpets! Unless I go to Wegmans!
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I had English muffin for bfast today. P butter and strawberry preserves.
Cup of coffee and 2 apricots

Yum!
M88
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OMG....English muffins....I could eat them for B, L, D.....warm and toasted with melted butter and/or any other topping of your choice!!
Thank God, I 've got willpower or.....the toaster oven's broken....
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Veronica....WOW....just to say, I, for one, really appreciate what you share. You have given me vivid images in just 2 short posts. Reminds me of my Mom's stories of growing up in Ireland. Thank you!
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English muffins....similar yo a roll in size but the texture is airy with nooks and crannies for the butter or other toppings to sink in. The outside is somewhat crunchy while the inside is soft. Googled Thomas English Muffins. Great bread for breakfast with an egg. Similar to ciabatta bread or a sourdough.
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From all the ravings about English muffins, I guess the store bought ones are nothing compared to what you all are raving - the real deal ones? I went to London one time. That was my very first time to have ever seen people pour cream into their dainty tea. I hesitated in doing that but... decided to follow everyone doing it. Ohhhh myyyyy Goodness!!! That was just soooo delicious! Years later, when I visited Cairns, Australia, and found out that they were serving English tea with scones, I was so excited for the tea. It was so delicious! Too bad they only limited one cup per tourist. sigh.. I can never make tea like that (tea bag).....
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The best cup of tea I ever had was in England
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kellse, you can make a good cup of tea in the USA. You just need to find an Englishwoman to show you how to do it. A cup of luke warm water and a tea bag is not going to do it.
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A cup of boiling hot water and a tea bag wont do it either Veronica!!!!!! grins

Kellse

You need to warm a tea pot first or the tea goes cold too quickly and doesn't brew properly. You need to use tea leaves - one teaspoon per person and one for the pot. Put those in the warmed teapot, add boiling water cover with a cloth (or tea cosy) and wait for at least 4 minutes then strain through a strainer (having added milk first if you like milk in your tea) I use about 7-8 cups of water for 4 cups of tea (because I like seconds and 5 teaspoons of real tea will easily do that
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There is a brand made in Boston Mass that makes excellent tea bags, if you have trouble finding loose leaf. I agree that the boiling water, and that means really boiling not just recently boiled, is critical; otherwise you end up with flavourless bathwater. You 'take the pot to the kettle, not the kettle to the pot.' George Orwell used to insist, when he worked at the BBC, that the water must be freshly drawn and used the second it comes to the boil; which just goes to show that everyone has something they feel dictatorial about.

The one per person plus one for the pot formula is correct; but of course it presupposes that you are using the right sized pot for the number of tea drinkers. So don't forget to estimate how many you think your pot will serve before you start spooning the leaves in. And yes you must warm the pot first. If you're using an earthenware or pottery pot, though, I personally would leave off the tea cosy because you don't want the tea to stew - too many tannins, it becomes rather astringent. If the pot is silver or bone china go ahead and keep it warm.

Type of tea makes a difference too. PD's made with Indian or Kenyan tea would be of the 'put hairs on your chest' type; I personally prefer China or Assam tea and brew for less time, which I call more delicate and PD would probably say 'surprised it's got the strength to run out of the spout.'

Also make sure your packet is recently opened. Tea will store well in an airtight tin or caddy, but it really must be airtight.
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When I was in college I boarded briefly with a couple that had once cooked in the northern lumber camps. My first meal there I was asked if I would like tea, yes please. OMG, I never made that mistake again, there must have been six or eight bags left to steep for half an hour in that pot, maybe good for lumberjacks in the morning but so strong and bitter I could barely choke it down!
Loose leaf tea is for true tea aficionados (tea snobs? lol). I think most any tea can be nice if you start with boiling water and don't let it over brew, and make it in a tea pot rather than in your mug in the microwave!
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It's World Tap Dance Day!!!

Just heard that on good old CBC (another one of my favourite things -- couldn't live without that either). I adore Fred Astaire and will watch The Gay Divorcee any chance I get, esp. when I'm down. "It's just like looking for a needle in a haystack, searching for a dewdrop in the dew ... but I've gotta find you".

Speaking of tea and the preparation thereof, my very favourite kind of tea is Lady Grey with honey and lemon slices. Used to have any kind of tea after dinner every evening, a very long while ago, and when I got an ulcer (not from the tea), that was the hardest habit I ever had to give up, bar none (smoking? piece of cake compared to the tea). So now I savor the odd cup of Earl or Lady Grey[sp?] whenever I have it.

Who knew there was such a thing as World Tap Dance Day. Of course I love all kinds of tap -- Irish, Scottish, Michael Flatley, Bojangles (and a three-year old Shirley Temple), and Greg Hines, Gene Kelly, the Nicholas Brothers, Donald O'Connor, Sammy Davis Jr ... and Ginger Rogers.

Sigh ... I think I'll watch Gay Divorcee for the hundredth time.

Happy Tap Dance Day, everyone! [[[Hugs!!]]]
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Bette Midler – From A Distance Lyrics
From a distance
The world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance
The ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man
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From a distance, the world looks like my friend.
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Send I love that song. "The Wind beneath my Wings" is another great one of hers. Always reminds me of my dear Mom.
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I love the song that Carol Burnett sings at the end of her show..."I'm so glad we had this time together
Just to have a laugh or sing a song,
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say so long....
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Luckylu - I love that show. And the ear tug she always did at the end was her little signal to her mother that she loved her. :-)
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