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Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 01:31 PM
Mmmmmmmm. I'm eating some right now. I have vegemite on mine. What do you have on your crumpets?

If you live in Norway I guess you can ignore this thread as I know you don't have them. :( *pats Lev*

Shauna
12-24-2009, 01:35 PM
Dammit, Daniel. xP I want crumpets now. *hunger* But, I usually just have some butter on mine. It's all good. :D

Psychotic
12-24-2009, 01:53 PM
Yeah just butter works for me.

Breine
12-24-2009, 01:53 PM
Just like in Norway us in Denmark don't have crumpets.


Someone please pat my shoulder :(

Shauna
12-24-2009, 01:57 PM
*pat Breine*

I Took the Red Pill
12-24-2009, 01:58 PM
I like to eat nothing on top of my non-existent crumpets.

Breine
12-24-2009, 02:16 PM
*pat Breine*

Thank you :cry:

Levian
12-24-2009, 02:51 PM
Oh you big tease

raspberry jam

Badge
12-24-2009, 03:41 PM
Yeah just butter works for me.

Chloe.
12-24-2009, 03:54 PM
Butter! :D

scrumpleberry
12-24-2009, 04:41 PM
Honey!

Jess
12-24-2009, 06:11 PM
I freakin' love crumpets! as you know.

Melted butter, usually mmm. On the odd occasion I grill some cheese on them....mmmmmmmm. :jess:

I WANT CRUMPETS NOW, AND NOWHERE IS OPEN AS IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE. Thanks a lot, Daniel. :(

The Last Oath
12-24-2009, 06:37 PM
butter or PENUT Butter. mmmmmm :D

Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 07:28 PM
I freakin' love crumpets! as you know.

Melted butter, usually mmm. On the odd occasion I grill some cheese on them....mmmmmmmm. :jess:

I WANT CRUMPETS NOW, AND NOWHERE IS OPEN AS IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE. Thanks a lot, Daniel. :(
There are always more crumpets in Edinburgh. Aaaaalways. I have 8 more. COME GET SOME.

rubah
12-24-2009, 08:52 PM
What the hell is a crumpet, anyway?

Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 08:56 PM
http://www.tranradar.net/english-tea/images/tea2.jpg

rubah
12-24-2009, 09:00 PM
Not what I was expecting :( Are they flakey, or what?

Miriel
12-24-2009, 09:02 PM
Oh, an English muffin?

Honey and/or butter. Better yet, HONEY BUTTER.

Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 09:04 PM
English Muffins are different. Even have a different wikipedia article. xD

EDIT: Having said that, you'd probably have the same kind of things on them. :)

Jess
12-24-2009, 09:10 PM
Crumpets are soft and spongy. soooo, yummy!

Usually eaten toasted or grilled. The most common accompaniment is probably butter, because you put it on the top when the crumpet is hot and it melts into all the little holes. ahhhh. :love:

I don't think Daniel's picture does the crumpet justice. :colbert:

Psychotic
12-24-2009, 09:14 PM
What the hell is a crumpet, anyway?They're warm and gooey and sort of a hybrid between a pancake and toast! A lovely winter treat. :)

The picture BoB posted looks terrible though. Here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Buttered_crumpet2.jpg

Pay attention to the way the butter is melting in :love: I wouldn't normally put that much on but I think this picture explains how they work perfectly!

Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 09:16 PM
Ah good one. I got crappy results. That one is way better.

EDIT: I would say that spongey is definitely the best word to describe them, now that I think about it. Extremely spongey.

qwertysaur
12-24-2009, 09:46 PM
that's what a crumpet is!!! Those are English muffins silly :choc:

Loony BoB
12-24-2009, 09:49 PM
...what? Crumpets are spongey. I should know. I've had four today and have eight more on my kitchen bench. =] Maybe you guys have your English muffins all screwy.

Crumpet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet)
Muffin (English) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Muffin)

To quote from the crumpets discussion page...

Look at the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe page I just added to the external links on the crumpet page. He has recipes for crumpets and for muffins (what Americans call English muffins, but what are just muffins - the original muffins - here in the UK). To generalise, crumpets have a rather chewy texture while muffins are more doughy and bread-like. They are not sweet and cake-like like American muffins.

Kawaii Ryűkishi
12-24-2009, 09:59 PM
The main difference between English muffins and crumpets is that the former is an unassuming import beloved by honest, hard-working colonists, whereas the latter is an alienating symbol of bourgeois Britannical glut.

Miriel
12-25-2009, 12:34 AM
Dude, this is an English muffin:

http://www.georgeshoneytree.com/images/userimages/englishMuffin.jpg

Looks pretty darn close to the crumpet photo Psycho posted! Also, this thread inspired me to make my own honey butter. Recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/honey-butter-recipe/index.html) if anyone else is interested.

Christmas
12-25-2009, 12:37 AM
Never eaten one before. :(

Go to hell BoB. :(

Psychotic
12-25-2009, 12:37 AM
I don't even know what the hell an English muffin is if not a crumpet, because I refer to the same thing that Americans do when I use the word "muffin".

Raistlin
12-25-2009, 12:39 AM
"Spongey?" Wtf? What kind of word is that if you're trying to favorably describe a food?

And I agree that English muffins seem to be basically the same thing, except less pompous.

qwertysaur
12-25-2009, 01:10 AM
So Brits are more pompous in their bread snack thingy that goes with afternoon teatime. You learn new things all the time :p

Psychotic
12-25-2009, 01:28 AM
British people sure are pompous and full of themselves. Heh :smug:

Madame Adequate
12-25-2009, 01:35 AM
crumpets are pretty great lets talk about crumpets doo doo doo!

:roll: :greenie: :roll: :greenie: :roll: :greenie:

Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
12-25-2009, 02:02 AM
Sounds like a cross between a pancake and an English muffin.
I want one.

Somebody send me some crumpets. Pwlease.

Rostum
12-25-2009, 02:05 AM
You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!

Jojee
12-25-2009, 02:12 AM
Looks kinda like a waffle to me. Except round instead of square. xD

Rad Bromance
12-25-2009, 05:23 AM
What the hell is a crumpet, anyway?They're warm and gooey and sort of a hybrid between a pancake and toast! A lovely winter treat. :)

The picture BoB posted looks terrible though. Here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Buttered_crumpet2.jpg

Pay attention to the way the butter is melting in :love: I wouldn't normally put that much on but I think this picture explains how they work perfectly!
Now I know what a crumpet is! :D

Now can someone explain what vegemite is? Men At Work didn't do a very good job.

smittenkitten
12-25-2009, 06:01 AM
An english muffin and a crumpet are totally different wtf look at the picture! A crumpet is springy and when you toast it you have a nice crispy topping and a spongy middle, I put Raspberry jam and butter on mine.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Reaha/crumpet2.jpg

Crumpet untoasted

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Reaha/crumpet1.jpg

Crumpet toasted and all yummy scrummy

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Reaha/english_muffin-1.jpg

English muffin untoasted

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Reaha/egg_mcmuffin.jpg

English muffin toasted (It's called an Egg McMuffin from McDonalds)

Loony BoB
12-25-2009, 08:53 AM
For what it's worth, in NZ, we had both crumpets and "English muffins". The former are what has been pictured everywhere, the latter were, as shown by the lovely smitten above, basically what you get when you order Egg McMuffins.

Jess
12-25-2009, 10:44 AM
I love crumpets and muffins.

Those of you who haven't had one of each are missing out. :jess:

o_O
12-25-2009, 11:45 AM
There's nothing like melting butter over crumpets and slathering them with golden syrup.

And English muffins are totally different to crumpets! I'd call crumpets gooey and spongy, toasted muffins are closer to toasted bread. :p

Rodarian
12-25-2009, 12:22 PM
I eat mine with Monda's Stawberrylicious Jam! :ichigo:

Zeldy
12-28-2009, 10:24 PM
I don't like crumpets, bleeeurgh, but in my house my Dad calls them "Lite cakes".

Shlup
12-28-2009, 10:28 PM
Well, I love English muffins (which are clearly the same thing, stfu), so... just butter, or maybe some strawberry preserves. Good stuff.

~*~Celes~*~
12-28-2009, 10:29 PM
they look awesome :o

I'm a fan of peanut butter and honey. That's what I'd have on mine if I had access to them <3

Zeldy
12-28-2009, 10:32 PM
If anything, English muffins are very dry and I think crumpets are slimy!

Loony BoB
12-28-2009, 10:58 PM
Basically what we've got here is a classic case of freedom fries. Americans name anything they like whatever they like for no apparent reason.

qwertysaur
12-28-2009, 11:54 PM
*watches thread slowly morph into a Jam/Jelly/Marmalade debate* :p

Raistlin
12-29-2009, 12:29 AM
Basically what we've got here is a classic case of freedom fries. Americans name anything they like whatever they like for no apparent reason.

Hating the French is a pretty valid reason for anything.

Rad Bromance
12-29-2009, 01:16 AM
Basically what we've got here is a classic case of freedom fries. Americans name anything they like whatever they like for no apparent reason.
:roll2

Timekeeper
12-30-2009, 01:28 PM
*watches thread slowly morph into a Jam/Jelly/Marmalade debate* :p
Don't forget Preserves!


The way I see it, English Muffins are generally savoury and Crumpets are always sweet.

Mind you I don't really like Crumpets, I'm more of a Pikelet person :D

qwertysaur
12-30-2009, 01:51 PM
Mind you I don't really like Crumpets, I'm more of a Pikelet person :D
Whats a pikelet?

Loony BoB
12-30-2009, 01:54 PM
A small pancake (the American style, not a crepe). About the diameter of a crumpet, actually...

qwertysaur
12-30-2009, 01:55 PM
oh a silver dollar pancake. They are great with ice cream :p

Shiny
12-30-2009, 11:28 PM
I use to make homemade crumpets and I'd add butter and grape or strawberry jelly/jam to them. It was yummy! Oh, Thomas' English Muffins are basically the same thing and they taste pretty good toasted.

I Don't Need A Name
12-30-2009, 11:34 PM
Melt some Red Leicester on top of them and they're awesome!