[chrissie B]

i was just wondering about crumpets and pikelets i made some crumpets today and was wondering if the pikelet was the same recipe and just done without the ring ?
Chrisse b

[Val H]

My understanding was that crumpets had yeast in them and pikelets didn't. It would help if I knew which recipe you used for the crumpets.

[jennyb]

i tried crumpets once but failed miserably.  i used dried yeast, but then my bread didn't work well with that either....

i use easy blend fast  active yeast for my bread these days which is lovely now so maybe i should try again.

i think i used delia's recipe for crumpets
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/home-made-crumpets,1587,RC.html

[chrissie B]

my thinking is that the piklet was like the crumpet but not cooked in the ring .
mine were OK but comparing the Delia recipe with the one i used she had more salt and we agreed that ours needed more salt .
so its back to good old Delia .
thanks for the link .
Chrissie b

[willowman]

Born and brought up in Nottingham, we called them pikelets and they looked exactly like the southern crumpets. So I've always assumed they were the same item under a different name.

[jennyb]

i always thought crumpets were thicker than pikelets.

wonder what good old Wiki says.....
 Crumpet

pikelet

hmm not much clearer really.

i think is one of those words that everybody means something different by!

[willowman]

As in bread rolls, cobs, baps, bread cakes etc.
Oh dear, I can see a north/south disagreement starting here.

[chrissie B]

i was just wondering as you have to do crumpets in rings till they set and its hard getting them out even when greased and the pikelets we had at a friends house were of a crumpet texture but were flat like a dropped scone , i just wanted to know if they were he same recipe  
thanks every one
Chrissie b

[matilda duck]

Born and brought up in Nottingham, we called them pikelets and they looked exactly like the southern crumpets. So I've always assumed they were the same item under a different name.

Same here I call them crumpets OH insits on calling them pikelets???  Perhaps it's a midlands thing where we can't decide on north or south  

[chrissie B]

thanks , next time i make them im just going to leave the rings off and let them be flatter .
chrissie b

[chrissie B]

well i just did the crumpets again without the rings and added a little more salt and they were much better ate the lot with hubby grilled with cheese on , thats real cheese brought from uk .
chrissie b

[Yabba]

ate the lot with hubby grilled with cheese on

How did he taste? :roll:

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[chrissie B]

bit chewy but hes getting on a bit now lol
crumpets were good though
chrissie b