# toasting an english muffin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-an-english-muffin/630760>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-an-english-muffin/630760 "2012-08-07T17:35:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-an-english-muffin/630760/21 "2012-08-08T15:53:34Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> But I’m still getting over the Englishwoman who looked at me quizzically and asked “What is London Broil?”.

This Englishman has never heard of London broil, either. The name means nothing to me and upon Googling it, I’ve never seen it under a different name, either. We don’t even use the cooking term “broil” in the UK - we say “grill”.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-an-english-muffin/630760/22 "2012-08-08T16:11:55Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> This Englishman has never heard of London broil, either. The name means nothing to me and upon Googling it, I’ve never seen it under a different name, either. We don’t even use the cooking term “broil” in the UK - we say “grill”.

The little bit of research I’ve done shows the name’s origin is lost in the mists of time, but perhaps refers to London Ontario.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-an-english-muffin/630760/23 "2012-08-08T16:17:26Z")

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> [@Dogzilla](#):
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> I’m going to corroborate this study by duplicating the experiments to see if I can get the same results. Stay tuned! Will return and report!

I once unintentionally duplicated this experiment in an unobserved toaster and the resulting Pop-Tart conflagration nearly burned down my kitchen.\*

\*Okay, that’s hyperbole, but you don’t want to walk into your kitch with two feet of flames shooting up from the toaster slot. That’s scary!

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