(n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Well, it's better than being lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose."
(2) This election has its fair share of cranks, the obligatory Monster Raving Loonies, a guy campaigning to save local pubs (to give the full triumvirate of endangered pleasures, it's the Beer, Baccy and Crumpets party).
(3) That is superb.” Another said: “Surely if you were truly patriotic it would be renamed crumpet corner?
(4) So you might say: "What I really love is a buttered crumpet," and they'll go: "That's easy!
(5) Its regulars have a habit of bringing gifts for the Balmore team: scones and crumpets are a favourite.
(6) Marks & Spencer is having a second go at exporting its uniquely British mix of clothing and crumpets to mainland Europe , pressing the button on expansion in France and scouting for sites in the big Italian and Spanish cities.
(7) But he reminds me that he has learned a lot first hand from Firth about how to make an honourable career from being perceived as costume-drama crumpet.
(8) Updated at 7.11pm BST 6.02pm BST "One hates to bother you during tea and crumpets," Mark Edwards begins, "but is Leo Messi even showing a pulse on the pitch v. Atletico?
(9) Supplies of loaves and crumpets could be hit by three weeks of action in three separate stints beginning on 28 August after three-quarters of the balloted workers voted for action.
(10) Prices are appreciably higher than at the Richmond but the teapots are silver, teabags unknown and they do serve crumpets they way crumpets should be served, on stiffly starched doilies and Wedgwood china plates.
(11) Seems like the Grauniad fraternity might prefer the regular 'crumpet' section in La Marca, which seems to have exploded recently.
(12) How did she feel about being described as the thinking man's crumpet?
Muffin
Definition:
(n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
Example Sentences:
(1) The net or apparent absorption of nitrogen, magnesium and phosphorus expressed per milligram of intake increased significantly in the oat bran period due to the added content of these nutrients in the oat bran muffins.
(2) That was the week when the Bake Off contestants were called on to make dainty biscuits and elaborate gingerbread concoctions, following previous showdowns over who could make the fluffiest muffins and the creamiest custard tarts.
(3) A 40-d control period preceded a 32-d experimental period in which subjects consumed four oat bran muffins daily as part of a constant metabolic diet.
(4) In the last 24 hours alone I have bought muffins, a second-class single to Colchester, two quality newspapers, a dish of luxury nuts and a garage punk CD called Back to the Grave 9 .
(5) Perks for staff on the phones include free packed lunches and chocolate muffins.
(6) Twenty minutes, a poppy seed muffin and a burnt tongue later, I was leaving the place.
(7) Gently manoeuvre these into greased mini muffin tins and top with 1 tsp filling.
(8) Bakery owner Bea Vo, of Bea's of Bloomsbury, who runs four cafes across London, was shocked to discover that "her" invention, the duffin, a cross between a doughnut and a muffin (what was wrong with "muffnut"?
(9) In a study to examine the effects of dietary oat bran on serum lipids, subjects who ate two oat bran muffins a day for 28 days showed a 5.3% reduction in serum total cholesterol and an 8.7% reduction in low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol levels, while no changes were noted in subjects consuming wheat or mixed wheat and oat bran muffins.
(10) A full-term male infant was born with skin findings suggesting a blueberry muffin appearance.
(11) Spoon the mixture into 6 mini silicone loaf pans or 12 muffin cases, and bake for 30-40 minutes, checking after 25.
(12) After an eight-week diet period subjects were randomised to receive two muffins per day containing either 60 g of oatbran or the equivalent amount of fibre from wheatbran in a double blind crossover study.
(13) This April, there were maybe 100 attendees wedged into wooden theatre seats in a downtown auditorium, holding weak coffee and spongy muffins.
(14) Examples ranged from the Elaine Benes-referencing “what about a muffin place that just sold the top” (from @Seinfeld2000) to the banal juxtaposition of “Iowa is home to the world’s largest truck stop” (by @hannahchin) .
(15) People always remind me - as if I need reminding about custard gate and the elbowed muffin and things like that.
(16) I learned odd things about him: he doesn’t know the plot of Macbeth ; he hasn’t seen Blade Runner and he’s never heard of the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane.
(17) Meanwhile, Hampton Creek Foods , founded by 32-year-old entrepreneur Josh Tetrick, is working on a plant-based replacement for egg yolks to go in muffins, mayonnaise and other sauces.
(18) At the time of writing, the Daily Telegraph had published 73 articles about the programme since 1 August; supermarket aisles groan with muffin tins and piping bags and cake stands come Bake Off season.
(19) The advice is that two to three portions of red meat a week is probably OK and will give you some important nutrients.” Obesity is fuelled mostly by the foods eaten between meals, such as muffins, crisps, cakes and biscuits – all high in fat and made palatable by sugar, said the scientists.
(20) Line the holes in the muffin tray with the 20cm rounds, pressing them gently over the base and up the sides without stretching the dough.