# I'm all out of Crumpets. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250 "2008-10-09T23:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/41 "2008-10-10T19:02:28Z")
> [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](#): > > No you’re not. And don’t think that by using words I might not understand you will crawl out of this one. You can’t cook guinea fowl, end of argument! 😉 Love you 🙂 I \*can \*cook holes in guinea fowl metaphorically. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/42 "2008-10-10T19:03:42Z")
Ah thats a lovely thought, that the SD is bringing families together. Any other families out there want to join in? Crumpets are great as a family tea time treat (I feel like a crumpet advert here, and in fact apart from one the other day I havent eaten one for about 10years). Yes, I think you are right, though I am no expert on the technicalities of making them. But it is mainly because they are cooked from the bottom up from a batter mixture. Its all in the air. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/43 "2008-10-10T19:06:16Z")
> [@](#): > > I can cook guinea fowl metaphorically. O really?!! Prove it!! ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/44 "2008-10-10T19:07:36Z")
**WhyNot** : that’s the most technical deconstruction of a crumpet I’ve ever come across - I’m impressed. I’ll never look at a crumpet in the same way again. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/45 "2008-10-10T19:14:15Z")
> [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](#): > > Pikelets are definitely not the same thing as crumpets!! They are flat and taste more boring. The only similarity are the holes. 🙂 Maybe it’s a Yorkshire thing? Of course it’s possible my dad is talking rubbish! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/46 "2008-10-10T19:22:21Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > **WhyNot** : that’s the most technical deconstruction of a crumpet I’ve ever come across - I’m impressed. I’ll never look at a crumpet in the same way again. If you like that sort of thing, you must check out the television show _Good Eats_. I have no idea where it’s available in the UK, but the host, Alton Brown, is all about technical deconstruction (and construction) of food and cooking techniques. He’s my secret TV boyfriend. **WotNot** , I used your method with the next two crumpets and some KerryGold Aged Cheddar. I think I heart you. And I think we’re having salads for dinner tonight. I’ve exceed my naughty food limit for the day! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/47 "2008-10-10T19:22:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe it’s a Yorkshire thing? Maybe! I’ve never been to Yorkshire so I’m not sure, but in our local Morrisons and Sainsburys we have pikelets and crumpets (they sit next to each other on the shelf!). You could do a blind testing with him to see if he can taste the difference! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/48 "2008-10-11T07:06:52Z")
For those of you wanting to try this at home, here’s a recipe from Australia (i.e. all in metric): 1.5c milk 1.5 tsp sugar 7g dried yeast 375g plain flour pinch salt 0.5 tsp baking soda Heat milk until just warm, remove from heat, and stir in sugar and yeast, stand for 10 minutes. Sift flour and salt and make well in centre. Gradually add milk and beat until completely smooth. Cover and leave for an hour in a warmplace until full of bubbles. Mix bicarb with 200ml water, and beat into batter. Heat frying pan over medium heat and brush with melted butter. Lightly grease 4 metal rings and place in pan. Spoon batter into the rings, and cook over a very low heat for 5 minutes or until the surface is full of bubbles and a skin forms. Loosen rings and turn over to cook the other side. Remove and eat with lot of butter…and golden syrup if you can get it. For those eating store-bought ones, do you like me, have to toast them twice so they are properly crunchy on the outside? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/49 "2008-10-11T07:11:53Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Maybe it’s a Yorkshire thing? Of course it’s possible my dad is talking rubbish! I am also a yorkshireman. And my parents always called 'em pikelets. ---
**Author:** ![ming\_the\_merciless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@ming\_the\_merciless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ming_the_merciless)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/50 "2008-10-11T07:28:17Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > I am also a yorkshireman. And my parents always called 'em pikelets. the same here they have allways been known as pikelets in my mothers humble abode ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/51 "2008-10-11T07:34:11Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > **WotNot** , I used your method with the next two crumpets and some KerryGold Aged Cheddar. I think I heart you. Of course you do – I’m eminently heartable. More crumpety goodness: dip your crumpets in beaten egg, and fry them. Tasty. > [@](#): > > If you like that sort of thing, you must check out the television show _Good Eats_. I have no idea where it’s available in the UK, but the host, Alton Brown, is all about technical deconstruction (and construction) of food and cooking techniques. He’s my secret TV boyfriend. I don’t think your boyfriend’s made it over here, unless he’s hiding on one of the cable channels with the high numbers. We do have Heston Blumenthal, who has a similar analytical bent. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/52 "2008-10-11T07:44:57Z")
We gots our biscuits, butter, and honey. Not ta mention the English Muffin, likewise with jam. Not unlike a crumpet. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/53 "2008-10-11T08:05:11Z")
A bagele, or a pecan sandy is also nice. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/54 "2008-10-11T08:12:45Z")
[Pecan Sandies](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pecan+sandies) are the American crumpetological. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/55 "2008-10-11T12:50:57Z")
> [@](#): > > You could do a blind testing with him to see if he can taste the difference! I’d just end up eating them! > [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > I am also a yorkshireman. And my parents always called 'em pikelets. Ah. It looks like it _is_ a Yorkshire thing then. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/56 "2008-10-11T14:06:16Z")
Yorkshire speaking. It’s a generational thing, anyone over 50 will call crumpets pikelets. I know that in Leeds, you can buy both crumpets and pikelets, however, (and this could just be some sort of bias) I suspect those sawn off interlopers that others call pikelets are scottish in origin - its just the sort of thing that they would do. Crumets are called pikelets around here - the retail outlets seem incapable of doing this, and bit by bit, in the face of globalisation, another bit of regional character is lost. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/57 "2008-10-11T14:49:56Z")
I thought this was going to be a complaint about something else, like “I am going to bring crumpets and a can of whoopass and I’m all out of crumpets!” or however that saying goes. I actually tried crumpets many years ago when I saw them in stores. They were good but I didn’t like that they had to be kept cold, most bread products seem to lose something when kept cold and the packages were too big for one person. Why do they have to be kept in the refrigerated section, no preservatives or some other reason? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/58 "2008-10-11T15:29:51Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I actually tried crumpets many years ago when I saw them in stores. They were good but I didn’t like that they had to be kept cold, most bread products seem to lose something when kept cold and the packages were too big for one person. Why do they have to be kept in the refrigerated section, no preservatives or some other reason? In their partially cooked (pre-toasting) supermarket form, they are much more moist than any other bread product I can think of. Ideally, they should be eaten on the day you buy them. I even go so far as to quickly scan them for little green spots while I’m standing there in the store - I’ve been caught before, regardless of the supposed expiry date. They have a much shorter shelf life than bread. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250/59 "2008-10-11T15:45:16Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I actually tried crumpets many years ago when I saw them in stores. They were good but I didn’t like that they had to be kept cold, most bread products seem to lose something when kept cold and the packages were too big for one person. Why do they have to be kept in the refrigerated section, no preservatives or some other reason? I can’t imagine – they’re never refrigerated in UK shops, just kept on the shelves with the other baked goods. I don’t bother refrigerating them at home, either: they mostly keep quite happily for two to three days in the bread bin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-out-of-crumpets/467250.md?page=2)