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From the looks of that I think I'll stick with pone sopped with melted butter and sorghum or blackstrap.

That was a fun quiz, should do it more often
Hey Lagopus, I'm from Yeovil, n I never heard of an English muffin either...what the hell is a Cornish Game hen...a Bantam????
franc

You touched off a magnesium flare in a bar? Good Lord!
I touched off a roll of magnesium strip, and it nearly blinded the whole room!

I think there's a long time member here that collects anti-poaching/er devices. They are ingenious, and outstandingly illegal here.
I just have cameras that show people trespassing and stealing. Hardly any fun. I'd prefer something a little noisier.

Great find!

As an excellent baker, and fan of British foodstuffs, I had noticed that here in the states, Thomas brand English muffins were actually English muffins, and Bay's brand were actually crumpets.

I baked 12dz scones for the Gentleman's cup, and they all got eaten. It's a toss up for me between black currant and orange cranberry scones. Definately Bay's English muffins (crumpets) for breakfast around here.

Hi Damascus. Was it the same Brocks as the firm that made Brocks fireworks years back ?
Back to the crumpets, my grandparents called them light cakes. They're nicer than they look, especially if you get cheese to melt on them until it fills the holes .

Back in the late '50's the local machine shop did a heavy duty/industrial strength machining project on magnesium castings. A local dump truck driver was called in to haul a truck load of machining chips to the local city dump, which was known to burn trash. The driver was solemnly instructed that under no circumstances was he to dump the load anywhere near a fire. He had a good laugh on the way that the guys at the shop thought he was dumb enough to believe metal would burn. And so he dumped the chips over the edge of the dump directly into the fire below. For some minutes the local area believed that WW III had started and they had been hit with a nuke strike.

DDA

Yes it is the same firm �Brocks Fireworks� this was the product they first started making before they went into the 5th of November stuff. You know the story of that poor Brit with a false Italian name who was caught in the cellar of the House of Lords with thirty six barrels of Gunpowder and a big box of matches wanting to put King James and friends into orbit.

Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes (among others)...the gunpowder plot...November 05, 1604.

Thanks for the history clarification for those that didn't know over there. Guido Fawkes to give his real name. Some say that he is the only person ever to enter the Houses of Parliament with the right intention. The amount of gunpowder used, according to later research, would have taken down about half the Palace of Westminster. James the First was paranoid about being assassinated and always wore a stab proof and bullet proof vest.

Crumpets are often called Pikelets farther north in England. English muffins are an American invention. English Northerners on this site will also know about Balm Bread and Eccles Cakes (fly pie to the locals) not to mention Oat Cakes. Lagopus.....