SPLIT TOPIC: English Muffins, Bialys, and how to top 'em
He's always looked like an Thomas' English Muffin man to me.
While I'm on the subject, allow me to mention how much I enjoy Thomas' English Muffins, and not just with breakfast, either. They are truly wonderful with peanut butter and jelly or even toasted with just a bit of butter spread over their nooks and crannies for a snack. I can't say enough about the simple, classic packaging - not a product of focus groups, this, but designed by a single talented artisan.
It's great to know that in this workaday world, a company like Thomas' can still bring the people a quality product at an affordable price.
http://thomas.gwbakeries.com/subcat.cfm/subcatId/20
While I'm on the subject, allow me to mention how much I enjoy Thomas' English Muffins, and not just with breakfast, either. They are truly wonderful with peanut butter and jelly or even toasted with just a bit of butter spread over their nooks and crannies for a snack. I can't say enough about the simple, classic packaging - not a product of focus groups, this, but designed by a single talented artisan.
It's great to know that in this workaday world, a company like Thomas' can still bring the people a quality product at an affordable price.
http://thomas.gwbakeries.com/subcat.cfm/subcatId/20
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And speaking of peanut butter - when I look back and contemplate the peaks and troughs of my life, I realize that there is but one friend that has always remained faithful: Skippy Peanut Butter.
Whether it's the comforting Skippy®Creamy of our youth, or the SkippyTM Natural for today's health-conscious consumer, Skippy® brand peanut butter is here to serve us all.
Spread the fun!
http://www.peanutbutter.comDrano wrote: He's always looked like an Thomas' English Muffin man to me.
While I'm on the subject, allow me to mention how much I enjoy Thomas' English Muffins, and not just with breakfast, either. They are truly wonderful with peanut butter and jelly or even toasted with just a bit of butter spread over their nooks and crannies for a snack. I can't say enough about the simple, classic packaging - not a product of focus groups, this, but designed by a single talented artisan.
It's great to know that in this workaday world, a company like Thomas' can still bring the people a quality product at an affordable price.
http://thomas.gwbakeries.com/subcat.cfm/subcatId/20 -
Drano wrote: He's always looked like an Thomas' English Muffin man to me.
Don't forget mini pizza english muffins!
While I'm on the subject, allow me to mention how much I enjoy Thomas' English Muffins, and not just with breakfast, either. They are truly wonderful with peanut butter and jelly or even toasted with just a bit of butter spread over their nooks and crannies for a snack. I can't say enough about the simple, classic packaging - not a product of focus groups, this, but designed by a single talented artisan.
It's great to know that in this workaday world, a company like Thomas' can still bring the people a quality product at an affordable price.
http://thomas.gwbakeries.com/subcat.cfm/subcatId/20 -
Muk wrote: And speaking of peanut butter - when I look back and contemplate the peaks and troughs of my life, I realize that there is but one friend that has always remained faithful: Skippy Peanut Butter.
I got pissed at my parents when they bought Skippy - I was a JIF kid...
Whether it's the comforting Skippy®Creamy of our youth, or the SkippyTM Natural for today's health-conscious consumer, Skippy® brand peanut butter is here to serve us all.
Spread the fun!
http://www.peanutbutter.com
Oh, I had one english muffin left this morning... oh yeah, pb&j... thanks for the reminder, Drano!
edit- I forgot to mention that I'm also a huge fan of the pancake pb&j sandwiches... if you haven't tried it... mmm... ooey gooey goodness... -
WhyFi wrote: I got pissed at my parents when they bought Skippy - I was a JIF kid...
JIF rules! That's why choosy moms choose it. -
bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
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Carnivore wrote: JIF rules! That's why choosy moms choose it.
Damn straight!
As a tangent to a tangent of a tangent- how does one go about getting the job of being a professional peanut butter spreader for the TV commercials? I've been practicing the single-pass while producing picturesque waves, and I think that I'm ready for the big-time... 8) -
alafairnadia wrote: bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
Surely there's no reason to ever use margerine for anything! Why not butter, the bialy's best friend (besides the toaster)? -
Carnivore wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
Surely there's no reason to ever use margerine for anything! Why not butter, the bialy's best friend (besides the toaster)?
the butter doesn't spread quickly and crumbles everywere and is a general irritant in the grab your breakfast from the cafeteria and run scenario. plus, the butter is unsalted and the margerine is salted. there's just something about toasted over-processed white bread (in any form) with salty margerine that makes me think of my cuban grandmother's attempts to be a real american (she also made sheets and sheets of yellow cake and always had a stock of donuts and coke - yes, she was a type 2 diabetic).
the butter in the cafeteria is more appropriate in grits. but this morning they had cream of wheat. vomit. -
alafairnadia wrote: bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
MMM nothing beats Apple Butter on a toasted Bialy.
By the way - I think I might be the only person who does not like peanut butter - so I used to have cream cheese and jelly sandwiches (I went through hell in school for them) -
stacey wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
MMM nothing beats Apple Butter on a toasted Bialy.
By the way - I think I might be the only person who does not like peanut butter - so I used to have cream cheese and jelly sandwiches (I went through hell in school for them)
cream cheese and jelly rules. I hate pb&j - only like pb.
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alafairnadia wrote: [quote=stacey][quote=alafairnadia]bialy, toasted. margerine on one side, pb on the other. smush. consume. die.
MMM nothing beats Apple Butter on a toasted Bialy.
By the way - I think I might be the only person who does not like peanut butter - so I used to have cream cheese and jelly sandwiches (I went through hell in school for them)
cream cheese and jelly rules. I hate pb&j - only like pb.
No wonder why we get along so well - great minds think alike -
We haven't talked about fluffernutters yet.
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Drano wrote: We haven't talked about fluffernutters yet.
are those like plushies?
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Drano wrote: While I'm on the subject, allow me to mention how much I enjoy Thomas' English Muffins, and not just with breakfast, either. They are truly wonderful with peanut butter and jelly or even toasted with just a bit of butter spread over their nooks and crannies for a snack.
Strangely enough yesterday I got an intense craving for a Thomas' English Muffin (I haven't had one in ages) with peanut butter (Skippy SuperChunk, always), but I am currently toasterless. Now I definitely need to buy a toaster. -
Drano wrote: We haven't talked about fluffernutters yet.
When I was wee'un, my babysitter used to make me peanutbutter and fluffernutter samwishes after kindergarten. And then sit me in front of the TV for an orgy of glorious viewing, including Captain Kangaroo and Spider Man.
Made me the man I am today. -
Yeah, Thomas' English muffins are excellent. The anti-Toast-R-Cake. All in all, buttered English muffins trump any other butter-bread combination. But I, like others on this thread, rarely eat them. I only eat toasted bread at diners, but I refuse to pay the absurd markup diners tack onto these muffins. The key, of course, is using softened butter on these crispy treats, to fill more of the craters with the spread. English muffin pizzas are almost as good, but again, rarely eaten. I did make some for the first time since my teens a couple months ago. I really can't mess with the tuna melts, though. Gnarly.
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A right out of the oven cinnamon raisin bagel decked out with Skippy's Chunky, Smucker's Strawberry jam and Fluff. When my parents owned a bagel store back in the day that was my larger than life sandwich.
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I've never been able develop a taste for fluffernutters and I've never really understood the affinity for them. But I also dislike (hate) marshmallow so that might have something to do with it. Hey, did anyone ever get busy with Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream and coke floats? It's the answer to the sickly sweet rootbeer float. Of course, my all-time favorite is the peanut butter and miracle whip sandwhiches. On whole wheat with crisp lettuce, and fresh ground pepper, it's one of the only times Miracle Whip is acceptable. Throw in a pickle and you're in dream land.
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liftandcut wrote: Of course, my all-time favorite is the peanut butter and miracle whip sandwhiches. On whole wheat with crisp lettuce, and fresh ground pepper, it's one of the only times Miracle Whip is acceptable. Throw in a pickle and you're in dream land.
Okay, this is really messing with my mind. I love both peanut butter and Miracle Whip but the idea of putting them together seems repulsive (not that I won't be trying it tomorrow ... and then bravely on to the basil mint cilantro chocolate ice cream recipe from a cookbook I just indexed). I like cheese and peanut butter sandwiches though (on toast, so it isn't a gummy-fest). And cheese sandwiches with Miracle Whip, crispy lettuce, and lots of fresh ground pepper are something I eat far too frequently.
And let's not be dissin' the Miracle Whip, a jar of which I am never without. It's what I use for tuna salad, potato salad, 1950's-style Waldorf salad, and egg salad. Come on, it's the bread spread, the tangy zip that Americans love!
Ok, maybe just Midwesterners who grew up in the 60's. We like sugar in our mayo. -
As a kid I was forced to eat Miracle Whip 'cause that's what my mom grew up on. But as soon as I was old enough to make my own choice I happily defected to mayo world. However, real southern potato salad cannot in any way be made withouth Miracle Whip.
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What all goes into southern potato salad?
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Near as I can tell, potatoes, chopped hard boiled egg, yellow french's mustard, relish, paprika, lawry's seasoned salt, fresh ground black pepper, miracle whip. i don't remember if there are chopped onions in it, but i don't think so.
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Idlewild wrote: A right out of the oven cinnamon raisin bagel decked out with Skippy's Chunky, Smucker's Strawberry jam and Fluff. When my parents owned a bagel store back in the day that was my larger than life sandwich.
The best toppings for a bagel are still (in no particular order):
1) whitefish salad
2) smoked salmon (or lox or smoked sable or smoked trout) and cream cheese with a slice of onion and/or tomato -
I like to get a 'Spectacular' from La Bagel Delight ... an everything bagel topped with scallion cream cheese, lox, onion, tomato, and capers
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Almost forgot:
or smoked sturgeon (from Barney Greengrass, of course) -
liftandcut wrote: Hey, did anyone ever get busy with Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream and coke floats? It's the answer to the sickly sweet rootbeer float.
That sounds fantastic. This past winter I discovered the joy of coffee, kahlua, vodka, and vanilla chocolate chip ice cream as a dessert.
Okay, so I had it for breakfast a couple of times too. Hair of the dog, n'at. -
My new indulgence is a toasted croissant with cream cheese and tomato. I haven't finished one yet, due to the obscene richness, but hey, a guy's gotta try. I also like to get a fried egg with cheese and tomato on the croissant from time to time. That always gets finished.
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there's a bar in the LES whose name is escaping me right now that during the day is a coffee shop/bagel joint. anyway, they had this bagel sandwich that rocked - cream cheese, capers, sprouts, onion, lettuce, tomato and cucumber! YUM!
I hate smoked fish. :x -
Yeah, lox has got to be one of the gnarliest things in existence. Smoked fish isn't supposed to be slimy and taste spoiled. Never understood the fascination.
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liftandcut wrote: Yeah, lox has got to be one of the gnarliest things in existence. Smoked fish isn't supposed to be slimy and taste spoiled. Never understood the fascination.
Yeah. I mean, my dad will make smoked salmon and it's awesome, but it's not all slimy and nasty. I have no idea what f'd up smoking process makes things slimy.
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