English Muffins & Colin Firth

The Importance of Being Earnest

Well, it's finally Friday evening, our first one at home for several busy weeks now. Tonight, my two older daughters are having two of their girl friends come over to watch the movie, "The Imporance of Being Earnest," based on an Oscar Wilde play. Ana, our oldest, received this movie, the version starring Colin Firth, one of our favorite actors [aka Mr. Darcy in the "real" - long - version of Pride and Prejudice]. Emily, one of our guests, just read the play and has been anxiously awaiting a date for seeing the film as well. In honor of the occasion (and it being a fish day within the Nativity Fast, in honor of the Entry into the Temple of the Mother of God), I made some British (Cornish) Fish Stew and Irish Soda Bread to have for supper. Also, I made some homemade whole wheat English muffins, to have with tea, jam and marmalade at just the appropriate point within the movie. One thing I discovered, which I'd never before known: English muffins are NOT baked. Rather, they are cooked on a dry griddle, after sprinkling it with cornmeal. Always some new revelation in this life. So, let all say and sing, "Lady Come Down" and have a jolly good evening and weekend as well!