chrisp65 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, Xann said: You're one of those people that boils vegetables to mush and regards pasta as suspicious. I'll have you know that I put slices of raw cauliflower in salads, that's how modern and cosmopolitan I am. Although, I must confess, I am first generation steamer (!) when we have any relatives over from either side of the family they have a tendency to poke the veg on their plate with a fork and look around with this face that says 'I can't eat this, they haven't boiled it to oblivion for an hour'. ----- I did just have a phone conversation with one of my retailer clients that wants to 'adapt' (cough copy cough) an idea they've seen in McDonalds, and I had to confess I didn't have a clue what they were talking about as I'd never been in a McDonalds. I'm more of a chip shop kinda guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 6 minutes ago, Designer1 said: See now i'm just craving some buttered pikelets Baby pikeys? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Xann said: Baby pikeys? Quote A regional variation of the crumpet is the pikelet, whose name derives from the Welsh bara piglydd or "pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread", later shortened simply to piglydd;[5][6] the early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds".[7]The word spread initially to the West Midlands, where it became anglicised as "pikelet",[8] and subsequently to Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and other areas of the north. Always been Pikelets to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Quote pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread Sounds like malt loaf to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 21, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Always been Pikelets to me Pikelets are like flatter, thinner crumpets. with fewer holes in to me - i.e. there's a small difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, blandy said: Pikelets are like flatter, thinner crumpets. with fewer holes in to me - i.e. there's a small difference. Was just about to say this, but you saved me the bother. Pikelets are basically flatter crumpets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, blandy said: Pikelets are like flatter, thinner crumpets. with fewer holes in to me - i.e. there's a small difference. Yep, this. Crumpet Pikelet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 Older members of my family have always called crumpets pikelets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: Just lots of melted butter on crumpets for me. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Crumpets, beans, cheese and worcestershire sauce was my dinner on Tuesday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, lapal_fan said: Crumpets, beans, cheese and worcestershire sauce was my dinner on Tuesday.. That sounds mental. I love it. Edit: sounds similar to "Ham specials" that my mom used to make. Toast with a slice of ham, covered in beans and topped with toasted cheese and Worcestershire sauce Edited April 21, 2016 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 21, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2016 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: candyfloss and winkles if you're perverted list is anything to go by Butter, it's butter on crumpets across the entire civilised world, it's a true science law fact end of period doublestamp FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 21, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2016 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: Crumpets, beans, cheese and worcestershire sauce was my dinner on Tuesday.. I take it Wednesday is shopping day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 3 hours ago, blandy said: To put marmalade, or marmite, or Gentleman's Relish (careful now) for example, on a crumpet would be a heinous food crime and mark you out as a cad of the most unscrupulous kidney. Always Marmite for me (not much though, should only be a hint). Mind you, I eat Marmite on pretty much everything so maybe I'm not a good barometer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: That sounds mental. I love it. Edit: sounds similar to "Ham specials" that my mom used to make. Toast with a slice of ham, covered in beans and topped with toasted cheese and Worcestershire sauce Was she in the Bullingdon Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Xann said: Nutella, honey, lemon curd, jam, marmite, peanut butter - Individually fine crumpet fodder. No, no, no, no, no and no. Then again all but the fourth no is because they're absolutely foul foodstuffs and shouldn't be put on anything let alone a crumpet. Edit: My preference is for butter as the topping but pâté is fine and cottage cheese is very pleasant. Edited April 21, 2016 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I've always thought the crumpet should be the star of the show, therefore any spread other than lots of melted butter renders them pointless. You may as well just have toast if you're having marmite or jam. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Swedish journalists, absolute scum of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 29 minutes ago, Ikantcpell said: journalists, absolute scum of the world. Fixed for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 journalists are fine it's creepy hacks with black souls and dead eyes you gotta watch out for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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