An English muffin is a small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread which is commonly sliced horizontally, toasted, and buttered.

Sour dough English Muffins by Paul Sager, on Flickr


In North America and North American-influenced territories, they are called "English muffins" to distinguish them from plain muffins, which are larger and sweeter miniature quick breads. English muffins are very similar to bolo do caco in Portuguese cuisine.

Sour dough English Muffins


The word muffin is thought to come from the Low German muffen, meaning "little cakes". Recipes for muffins appear in British cookbooks as early as 1758. Into the early nineteenth century, muffins were sold door to door in England by hawkers as a snack bread before most homes had their own ovens. The traditional English nursery rhyme "The Muffin Man", which dates from 1820 traces to that custom.

Sour dough English Muffins


Samuel Bath Thomas emigrated from Plymouth, England, to New York City in 1875. He began making 'English' muffins there in 1880, using his mother's recipe. The Merriam-Webster dictionary dates the origin of the term English Muffin to 1902. In a 1926 trademark filing for a bakery brand by Thomas', it was claimed the term was first used in 1894.

Sour dough English Muffins


The English muffin is often part of breakfast in North America and Australia, frequently eaten with sweet or savory toppings such as fruit jam or honey, or eggs, sausage, bacon, or cheese. English muffins are an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and a variety of breakfast sandwiches derived from it, such as the McMuffin.

Bacon egg & cheese muffins


The muffins above are an offshoot of sour dough baking. Reading about the cast-off process of making a sour dough starter was concerning. I found I was not alone and there are lots of recipes that call for using the cast-off. The muffins were made on the stove top while another two loaves of sour dough bread were baking in the oven.

Sour dough bread


Today's images feature two of the 1980s Canon FD manual focus lenses, the FD 85mm f/1.2L and FD 24mm f/1.4L. The lenses were adapted to a Sony mirrorless a7II via a Metabones adapter. Images were captured in RAW and processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.

An English muffin is a small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread which is commonly sliced horizontally, toasted, and buttered.

Sour dough English Muffins by Paul Sager, on Flickr


In North America and North American-influenced territories, they are called "English muffins" to distinguish them from plain muffins, which are larger and sweeter miniature quick breads. English muffins are very similar to bolo do caco in Portuguese cuisine.

Sour dough English Muffins


The word muffin is thought to come from the Low German muffen, meaning "little cakes". Recipes for muffins appear in British cookbooks as early as 1758. Into the early nineteenth century, muffins were sold door to door in England by hawkers as a snack bread before most homes had their own ovens. The traditional English nursery rhyme "The Muffin Man", which dates from 1820 traces to that custom.

Sour dough English Muffins


Samuel Bath Thomas emigrated from Plymouth, England, to New York City in 1875. He began making 'English' muffins there in 1880, using his mother's recipe. The Merriam-Webster dictionary dates the origin of the term English Muffin to 1902. In a 1926 trademark filing for a bakery brand by Thomas', it was claimed the term was first used in 1894.

Sour dough English Muffins


The English muffin is often part of breakfast in North America and Australia, frequently eaten with sweet or savory toppings such as fruit jam or honey, or eggs, sausage, bacon, or cheese. English muffins are an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and a variety of breakfast sandwiches derived from it, such as the McMuffin.

Bacon egg & cheese muffins


The muffins above are an offshoot of sour dough baking. Reading about the cast-off process of making a sour dough starter was concerning. I found I was not alone and there are lots of recipes that call for using the cast-off. The muffins were made on the stove top while another two loaves of sour dough bread were baking in the oven.

Sour dough bread


Today's images feature two of the 1980s Canon FD manual focus lenses, the FD 85mm f/1.2L and FD 24mm f/1.4L. The lenses were adapted to a Sony mirrorless a7II via a Metabones adapter. Images were captured in RAW and processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.

An English muffin is a small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread which is commonly sliced horizontally, toasted, and buttered.

Sour dough English Muffins by Paul Sager, on Flickr


In North America and North American-influenced territories, they are called "English muffins" to distinguish them from plain muffins, which are larger and sweeter miniature quick breads. English muffins are very similar to bolo do caco in Portuguese cuisine.

Sour dough English Muffins


The word muffin is thought to come from the Low German muffen, meaning "little cakes". Recipes for muffins appear in British cookbooks as early as 1758. Into the early nineteenth century, muffins were sold door to door in England by hawkers as a snack bread before most homes had their own ovens. The traditional English nursery rhyme "The Muffin Man", which dates from 1820 traces to that custom.

Sour dough English Muffins


Samuel Bath Thomas emigrated from Plymouth, England, to New York City in 1875. He began making 'English' muffins there in 1880, using his mother's recipe. The Merriam-Webster dictionary dates the origin of the term English Muffin to 1902. In a 1926 trademark filing for a bakery brand by Thomas', it was claimed the term was first used in 1894.

Sour dough English Muffins


The English muffin is often part of breakfast in North America and Australia, frequently eaten with sweet or savory toppings such as fruit jam or honey, or eggs, sausage, bacon, or cheese. English muffins are an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and a variety of breakfast sandwiches derived from it, such as the McMuffin.

Bacon egg & cheese muffins


The muffins above are an offshoot of sour dough baking. Reading about the cast-off process of making a sour dough starter was concerning. I found I was not alone and there are lots of recipes that call for using the cast-off. The muffins were made on the stove top while another two loaves of sour dough bread were baking in the oven.

Sour dough bread


Today's images feature two of the 1980s Canon FD manual focus lenses, the FD 85mm f/1.2L and FD 24mm f/1.4L. The lenses were adapted to a Sony mirrorless a7II via a Metabones adapter. Images were captured in RAW and processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.