Crumpets

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Love, hate, or indifferent?

My sister really loves them but I don't.
She tries to convert me every time but I remain unmoved.
Am I missing something? 😄

Well toasted with loads of butter and the solid Saint Agur cheese (not the spreadable). YUM!!!

YY to toasted twice with just salty butter, crunchy peanut butter or cheesy triangle and marmite! Droooooool!

Rubbery - but this might be a childhood thing. I used to hate asparagus until I left home and had it cooked properly for me.

So I may need to test out this double toasting method as previous attempts to enjoy they just feel like I am eating a natural sponge...

I may have had sardines on tomato sauce on (very crispy)crumpets, once or twice as a student .

It's actually quite nice. and cheap

I think they are a weird texture. Almost synthetic.

You've got to beat that out of them by toasting them for a really good amount of time. Then all the weirdness disappears.

I thought I was the only one! I haven't had it since mind, so it may be better as a memory...

A carb is a carb, but crumpets are possibly the Queen of carbs. Really do seem to go with a wide variety of things.

Indifferent.
However, they sometimes smell really bad when toasted.
😐

Those are the Warbuton ones I bet? I don't like them, too thick and rubbery for me and you can't tell when they go off, a bit like their bread.

Many arguments in our house about pikelets. They are round and flat and not as nice as a crunchy crumpet. DP insists on calling crumpets pikelets. He is a philistine.

Enjoy them when I eat one but I go ages without thinking of them so I'm mainly indifferent.

Agreeing with PP- my grandma called crumpets pikelets. I think it’s a northern thing. I don’t know what the actual difference is between the two!

What’s all this ‘toasted twice’ business? I’ve never heard of it! Why don’t you just toast them once, but for longer?

Pikelets are (iirc) thinner and therefore inferior. I remember having them when visiting family in Yorkshire, but have never seen them anywhere else.

I’m not a fan of the Warburtons ones, Tesco cheapies and better IMO.

Agree that they need to be toasted to almost burnt, loads of butter, marmite and top with grated extra mature cheddar.

Toasted twice, with marmite and a slice of mature cheddar

I’m a twice toaster, it just seems to give a better texture.

How long do you leave it between toastings?

Toast them twice, so they are crunchy on the bottom and the butter needs to be enough so that it seeps through and forms little pools on your plate, then they are heavenly! Once had someone make me one that had glimpses the toaster and had a slither of butter on and it was vile!

Nope, you’ve all lost me. What do you mean by twice toasted? Do you just toast for a long time, or are you toasting, waiting to get cool, and then re-toasting? I love a crumpet and do a long single toast, but I feel like I’ve stumbled upon some dark arts I know nothing about. Please someone enlighten me!

Yes to all of this!!

Not long at all, I just give them a minute, then flip them in the toaster (I think they’re better under the grill, but the toaster is so handy) and toast until the bottom is crispy.

Once they’re done, I like to leave them in a toast rack to cool a little, so some of the butter melts into the crumpet, but there’s still some unmelted butter on top.

@sexnotgenders Toasted twice - I toast mine under the grill. You have to re-toast them so the bottom doesn't go soft again when you're toasting the top. It's most important that the bottom doesn't go soft. You need to dry out the crumpets without burning them and toasting twice does that.

Thank god! I thought I was the only one!
Maybe I don’t need to double toast because my toaster goes up to 11.

Ahhhh, so it’s a grilling method? That makes sense to me now, thank you. I use a toaster, and just do a long toast (I am in full agreement that you want a crispy bottom!), so that would in theory negate the need to twice toast. Although, I’m going to give it a go, with a slight pause of a minute during toasting, and see what happens. I would hate to be on my death bed and discover there was a nicer way to eat buttered crumpets!