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'''Barm''' (a word common to [[Teutonic]] languages), the [[scum]] formed on the top of [[malt liquor]] when [[Fermentation (food)|fermenting]]; [[yeast]] used to leaven [[bread]], or to set up fermentation in [[liquor]]. |
'''Barm''' (a word common to [[Teutonic]] languages), the [[scum]] formed on the top of [[malt liquor]] when [[Fermentation (food)|fermenting]]; [[yeast]] used to leaven [[bread]], or to set up fermentation in [[liquor]]. |
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In some parts of the Northwest of England - namely the South of the region/Cheshire - a Barm (or Barm Cake to give it its full name) is a soft, flat, round bread '''roll''', commonly used to make a variation of the [[Chip butty]]. However, it is generally considered by many [[Mancunians]] - usually in the more rural, disadvantaged and inbred regions to the North and East of Manchester - that a Muffin is the true word for such a bread product - Chip Muffin, Sausage Muffin etc. Indeed [[ALL MAJOR SUPERMARKETS]] stores in the region have such a product on sale called an "oven bottom '''Muffin'''". |
In some parts of the Northwest of England - namely the more affluent and sophisticated South of the region/Cheshire - a Barm (or Barm Cake to give it its full name) is a soft, flat, round bread '''roll''', commonly used to make a variation of the [[Chip butty]]. However, it is generally considered by many [[Mancunians]] - usually in the more rural, disadvantaged and inbred regions to the North and East of Manchester - that a Muffin is the true word for such a bread product - Chip Muffin, Sausage Muffin etc. Indeed [[ALL MAJOR SUPERMARKETS]] stores in the region have such a product on sale called an "oven bottom '''Muffin'''". |
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The Barm/Muffin debate is one that is likely to run & run in the Manchester area for an indefinite period of time. However, recent debates has seen the "two sides" agree that perhaps there is no right or wrong and that both products are very "similar in design", as it were. |
The Barm/Muffin debate is one that is likely to run & run in the Manchester area for an indefinite period of time. However, recent debates has seen the "two sides" agree that perhaps there is no right or wrong and that both products are very "similar in design", as it were. |
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Barm (a word common to Teutonic languages), the scum formed on the top of malt liquor when fermenting; yeast used to leaven bread, or to set up fermentation in liquor.
In some parts of the Northwest of England - namely the more affluent and sophisticated South of the region/Cheshire - a Barm (or Barm Cake to give it its full name) is a soft, flat, round bread roll, commonly used to make a variation of the Chip butty. However, it is generally considered by many Mancunians - usually in the more rural, disadvantaged and inbred regions to the North and East of Manchester - that a Muffin is the true word for such a bread product - Chip Muffin, Sausage Muffin etc. Indeed ALL MAJOR SUPERMARKETS stores in the region have such a product on sale called an "oven bottom Muffin".
The Barm/Muffin debate is one that is likely to run & run in the Manchester area for an indefinite period of time. However, recent debates has seen the "two sides" agree that perhaps there is no right or wrong and that both products are very "similar in design", as it were.
One thing that the two opposing sides tend to agree on; the type of product is definitely not a Teacake, which is considered to be a completely different bread product altogether and is generally found in the Sheffield area, "across the Pennines" from Manchester.
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