# What are the crumbs on the bottom of an English Muffin?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-crumbs-on-the-bottom-of-an-english-muffin/391612 "2007-02-10T13:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-crumbs-on-the-bottom-of-an-english-muffin/391612/41 "2007-02-11T20:40:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan]

It’s impossible to enjoy _anything_ with margarine.  
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Interesting. I got tired of butter long ago because it tasted different every time and because it picks up tastes even when it’s well-wrapped. I’ve been using non-hydrogenated canola oil marg for years and it’s great.

I think I’m going to have to buy some crumpets. I haven’t had any in a long time.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-crumbs-on-the-bottom-of-an-english-muffin/391612/42 "2007-02-11T20:51:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
I always go to grocery stores when I’m travelling. They have different stuff!  
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Ooh, me too. That’s one of the pleasures I take in visiting different countries. I always go on a shopping trip the day before I’m leaving, and stock up on weirdness to take home. I am still using the mayo in a tube I got in Lyon last year, and I also got a can of “noix de saint Jacques”, which are scallops in some kind of sauce The brilliant thing was that the can came with a load of real scallop shells taped to it in which to serve the “noix” propely. How French can you get?

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-crumbs-on-the-bottom-of-an-english-muffin/391612/43 "2007-02-11T21:33:07Z")

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“A nice bit o’ crumpet.”

(I feel like a dirty old muffin just thinking that phrase."

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-crumbs-on-the-bottom-of-an-english-muffin/391612/44 "2007-02-11T21:40:07Z")

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[QUOTE=jjimm]  
The brilliant thing was that the can came with a load of real scallop shells taped to it in which to serve the “noix” propely. How French can you get?  
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On a mad whim I bought some snails in oil in a posh deli in Edinburgh, and the packaging contained empty snail shells. Beat that! 😃

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