On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 20:44:25 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I finally made some tonight. After the last batch of store bought
> crumpets my wide bought I could not get over the big difference between
> the way crumpets used to taste and why they sell these days, so it was
> time to try my hand at making them.
>
> They weren't that hard to make. I just had to warm up some milk and
> water, combine some flour, salt, sugar and fast acting yeast, add the
> warmed milk and water and whisk them together and let it sit for an hour.
>
> The only problem I had was with the rings. I didn't have proper rings. I
> used a set of cookie / biscuit cutters instead. The were all different
> sizes and had a clean circle on one side and a fluted on the other. I
> will keep an eye out for proper crumpet rings and definitely try making
> them again.

Look in your kitchen shops and buy silicon egg rings. I only need two
because the crumpets set so fast.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...hL._SY355_.jpg

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sf

On 2015-11-09 2:16 PM, sf wrote:

>> The only problem I had was with the rings. I didn't have proper rings. I
>> used a set of cookie / biscuit cutters instead. The were all different
>> sizes and had a clean circle on one side and a fluted on the other. I
>> will keep an eye out for proper crumpet rings and definitely try making
>> them again.
>
> Look in your kitchen shops and buy silicon egg rings. I only need two
> because the crumpets set so fast.
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...hL._SY355_.jpg
>

Thanks. Someone else suggested saving old tuna cans with cops and
bottoms removed.

I will definitely be making crumpets again. They aren't much harder to
make than pancakes, other than the hour rising time. Store bought
crumpets had been steadily declining in quality over the years. I don't
see myself buying them again.

On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:39:21 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-11-09 2:16 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >> The only problem I had was with the rings. I didn't have proper rings. I
> >> used a set of cookie / biscuit cutters instead. The were all different
> >> sizes and had a clean circle on one side and a fluted on the other. I
> >> will keep an eye out for proper crumpet rings and definitely try making
> >> them again.
> >
> > Look in your kitchen shops and buy silicon egg rings. I only need two
> > because the crumpets set so fast.
> > http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...hL._SY355_.jpg
> >
>
> Thanks. Someone else suggested saving old tuna cans with cops and
> bottoms removed.
>
> I will definitely be making crumpets again. They aren't much harder to
> make than pancakes, other than the hour rising time. Store bought
> crumpets had been steadily declining in quality over the years. I don't
> see myself buying them again.

There's no reason why an old fashioned tuna can wouldn't work... but
isn't it hard to find them with two removable ends these days? Plus
they're kind of small.

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sf