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Oh aye, they don't look as good as the one's i've just demolished though. Butter melted right through.

Posted

What is the difference between Crumpets and Pikelets?

There seems to be some controversy on this one:

Some opinions include:

"Pikelet is another (regional) word for crumpet"

"Adding to the crumpet (food version) / pikelet debate, we used to call them pikelets where I come from (South Yorks). However, up here in Scotland the crumpets tend to be a lot thinner and diagonally larger than their English counterparts, unless bought in a supermarket."

From some blog:

"The conversation fell into discussing the difference between a crumpet and a pikelet. Some believed the crumpet was in fact a pikelet. I reckoned a pikelet was a cross between a crumpet and a Scotch pancake. Some thought I was getting a pikelet confused with a Scotch pancake. Only Rich laughed when I asked if a pikelet was a chavvy crumpet."

Not sure this sheds any light on it? :unsure:

Posted

My mum calls crumpets Pikelets, but I think they are indeed more like Scottish Pancakes.

Sorry missed out the most important part:

So we googled the matter to settle the dispute. Our findings are as follows:

A pikelet is thinner and than a crumpet, even though in certain parts of Britain a crumpet is controversially described as a pikelet!

And, and...turns out that what the English refer to as pikelets, (which as discussed are thinner versions of the more satisfyingly substantial crumpets), Antipodeans refer to as Scotch pancakes!!

Furthermore, just to confuse matters, the Scots use the same ingredients for their version of 'crumpets' as they do for Scotch pancakes.

In summation, the crumpet and pikelet are interchangeable terms, depending on where you are in the United Kingdom and indeed the world.

Posted

I don't like the chewy bit at the bottom <_< (or are they just the ones I have :huh: )

Have you tried toasting them? :unsure:

That way the bottom bit will be crunchy instead... :P

Posted

Hmm I have the same impression...

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Cisono Honey, posting that at this time of night is downright bad! Where is this fab AAA courier service when you really need it????

Posted

Cisono Honey, posting that at this time of night is downright bad! Where is this fab AAA courier service when you really need it????

Sorry Suffolk_fox! ;)

Got rather hungry myself after posting it! :ph34r::whistle::P

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Crumpets are on the go now!!!

Only because of my powers of persuasion.

;)

Posted

Best GC thread of the year to date.

I'm almost unnaturally aroused by the thought of crumpets, Lurpak spreadable and Marmite.

That's disgusting!

Lose the Marmite and I might have agreed with you. :ph34r:

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