Muffin tops (1992)

[Carolyn S Lieberg]

One can purchase muffin tins with remarkably shallow cups that are
designed for baking only muffin tops.


Carolyn Lieberg

www.carolynlieberg.com




On Apr 19, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

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> On 4/19/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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>> I was looking at the website for Angel's Bakery in Brooklyn, and
>> they sell
>> all kinds of "muffin tops." We all know the recent slang of
>> "muffin top" (that
>> layer of fat right above your jeans), but these are actual muffin
>> tops, sold
>> at  a bakery.
>> ...
>> How long have bakeries sold "muffin tops" as opposed to muffins?
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> Inspired by the "Seinfeld" episode, no doubt?
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> http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheMuffinTops.htm
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697736/
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> --Ben Zimmer
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