"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Nancy Young wrote:
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>> "Shaun aRe" > wrote
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>> > Crumpets - you mean the round things with kinda, open at the top
>> > vertical
>> > tubular holes running right through, right? Kinda somewhat
>> > rubbery/elastic
>> > texture in the middle? That's what we call crumpets. If they are
>> > thinner
>> > and
>> > square, called pieklets (sp?!?) by some here.
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>> Are you talking about a bialy?
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>> nancy
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> Not even close. True crumpet is made with batter rather than dough and
> cooked in crumpet rings (aka fried egg rings).
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> And definitely not rubbery/elastic!

Oh, no ... I thought what he was describing sounded more like
a bialy than a crumpet.

While we're on the subject, anyone else ever buy the
Wolfermann's english muffins or crumpets? I stopped
buying because I'd get too many and kinda get sick
of looking at them filling up my freezer. They were good.

nancy