"Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
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>> Shaun aRe wrote:
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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!
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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.
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> 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! ',;~}~
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> Shaun aRe
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Reminds me of one of my brothers not so bright girlfriends. My Mum asked her
if she'd like a piklet... her reply... no thankyou, I don't like fish!
Sarah