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Shaun aRe
 
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"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Shaun aRe wrote:
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> > > Nancy Young 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!

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> > Yes they are. Best way to describe them. You push down on the top of

one, it
> > springs back quickly. Drop one on its edge, it will bounce some. Yes

they
> > are made with batter though! Lovely things!
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> > Shaun aRe

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> Wow! Perhaps you've had some awful crumpets.


Maybe we just assign different values to 'elastic'? I've had hand made
English ones and just about every main brand at one time or another - I've
always loved them! ',;~}~


Shaun aRe