The beloved muffin deserves a day of its own, and for that, we have February 20. It’s National Muffin Day! English muffins have been whipped up in kitchens as far back as a thousand years ago in Wales, and American style muffins have been around since the 18th century. Muffins are a great breakfast on the run, a perfect substitute for toast during brunch, and an easy treat to make and give as a gift. It’s also a great evening snack with you coffee or tea at your local favourite cafe.

The name “muffin” either comes from the German word “muffe” or from the French word “moufflet”, meaning soft bread. Muffins are called quick breads because they contain no yeast, and therefore, they don’t require all of the time spent on kneading, rising and resting.

Muffins may be varied by adding fruits, nuts, herbs, cheese, chopped meats or spices to the batter.

The Official State Muffin of Minnesota is the Blueberry Muffin.

A muffin’s shape should have a uniform, wellrounded top, free from peaks, with no cracks and be large in proportion to weight. The outside color should be an even golden brown, and be tender, with a pebbly or slightly rough and shiny surface. The inside texture should be moist, tender and light with an even, round-holed grain. The inside color will be creamy white or slightly yellow and free from streaks.

Comfort Food, A Struggle Meal, A Cheaper Meal That You Can Fix In A Jiffy

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What is a struggle meal you actually like? (a struggle meal can be a cheap meal when finances are tight, or a low effort meal when you have no energy)

Maggi instant noodles – that is common across India. It is our Kraft Dinner or Kraft Mac & Cheese! When in bind, you go for the packet of Maggi in the cupboard. When you want to save money and not buy food from a nice restaurant or cafe, go and search for your packs of Maggi. A rainy day and you won’t want to go outside but you crave some comfort food, get some Maggi that is lying in your shelves. Once again, ever since I was a kid, Maggi has been a very large part of my life as it has been for yours.

And the best thing and most common thing is to make what is called Maggi egg burji or just Maggi eggs, which is basically just cooking scrambled eggs separately and then adding the cooked Maggi to it. Some people would like to add additional masala but I don’t. I find that the flavour packet that comes with the pack of instant noodles is good enough and if you want some additional taste you can add ketchup or hot sauce to it.

If you want to be fancy you can chop up onions or green onions, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers, maybe some chicken or minced beef etc. Cut up bacon or hot dogs. Add whatever you want just don’t add too much masala to it as it takes away from the true taste of the instant noodles.