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December 26th, 2004 at 09:10 AM
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Just outta curiousity, what are CRUMPETS??? And what do you do with them? Are they like toast? A big cookie? Got some Blueberry and Raspberry Crumpets for Christmas from Wolferman\'s , and was wondering if anyone knew what to do to them? Weezie
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December 26th, 2004 at 11:19 AM
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Weezie,
Crumpets are sort of like English muffins but softer and sweeter. Just pop them into the toaster and serve with jam or honey...or poached egg...or cheese...or whatever you like. If your crumpets are the fruit ones, they're probably better with something sweet like jam.
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December 27th, 2004 at 04:21 AM
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Thanks Cricket!!!! I wasnt' sure?? They are round and have a few holes in it... They smell delicious, even thru the wrapper.... And sounds really great....
I'll be taking an adventure with them tomorrow and see if I like them...
Weezie
(I always thought they were a cookie to be honest with you, I've heard of "Tea and Crumpets" So I thought it was tea and cookies......)
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December 27th, 2004 at 05:22 AM
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Weezie, If you find you like the crumpets and are into cooking/baking, this link is to a crumpet recipe that SOUNDS good but I haven't tried myself. Crumpet recipe Oh yeah, people also eat crumpets with cream (VERY fattening )
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December 27th, 2004 at 05:35 AM
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Cricket, Oh yeah, people also eat crumpets with cream (VERY fattening ) What would "cream" be??? Whipped cream, cream cheese, heavy cream????? Not sure??????????? I think, I'm going to try it with some strawberry jam on the raspberry one's... and maybe just some butter for the blueberry one's? Not 100% yet, but that's what I"m thinkin'! Weezie
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December 27th, 2004 at 06:06 AM
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I think the English traditionally use clotted cream (Devonshire cream) but whipped cream or cream cheese sounds yummy too!
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December 27th, 2004 at 09:52 PM
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Well I have heard of that term somewhere's, I was talking with someone a loooooooooong time ago and that was mentioned.... Brain~Drain, I get that alot!!! :rolleyes: Anyhow, I looked some info up on it, and here's a wee~page of info to read Devonshire clotted cream Looks like it's a bed and breakfast info sheet, but lot's of good info on it... *Looks great too!* I had only heard of Davenshire Cream as in the knock off type of Baily's Irish Cream, so was very interested in finding out!!! **I wanted some Bailey's Irish Cream for Christmas, but didn't get any ) Thanks Again Cricket!!! Weezie P/S I tried the Blueberry one this morning and it was definately different.. I buttered it up and it was tasty!! *I might have over buttered it as it was dripping thru it's holes onto the plate, I'll have to figure something more out for the others... But it sure is fun trying them!! Yummy!!!
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December 28th, 2004 at 12:48 AM
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Glad you enjoyed your crumpets, Weezie! **I wanted some Bailey's Irish Cream for Christmas, but didn't get any Me too! But I wanted O'Carolyn's or O'Darby's Irish Cream! I would have been happy with Baileys too though!
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December 28th, 2004 at 04:11 AM
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I told my husband he HAD BETTER STOP FOR SOME, TOMORRRRRRRRRRRRROW I don't drink much anymore but have just been hankerin' for some lately... Gosh, my mouth is watering just thinkin' of it!!! :p <<<<------***That's my tongue hangin' out for it.
Weezie
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December 28th, 2004 at 04:49 AM
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Now you've got me wanting some too! :p
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December 29th, 2004 at 03:57 PM
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December 30th, 2004 at 11:10 PM
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Thanks for the offer Jiff, but I am a strict devout Bailey's drinker!!! I think I'm going to get some for NYE... I got the pizza the other night and I told him pizza and Bailey's didn't sound too congenial!!! But Thank~You so much for the offer... Weezie
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December 30th, 2004 at 11:35 PM
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January 20th, 2005 at 01:07 AM
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Cricket, that's so hysterical about the cookie press thing. I went through my own cookie press hell during the holidays. I was given a hand-me-down press from my neighbour's mum and now I know why: instead of the ratchet mechanism that I'm used to, the top screws down to squish the cookies out. I had to let my he-man boyfriend have a go at it and even he couldn't get good results, so I let his 5 yr old experiment with making swirl cookies. You roll out rectangles of different coloured doughs between waxed paper and refrigerate them for about 30 mins. Then you unwrap one layer of paper from both doughs and slide one on top of the other. Unwrap the top layer while rolling the dough into a long cylinder and use the bottom wrapper to wrap up the dough again. Into the fridge for another 30 mins and then simply slice into 1/4" rounds and bake at 350F for 10 mins. Worked great because spritz cookie doughs and refrigerator cookie doughs contain a lot of butter...and salvaged the cookie press disaster.
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June 6th, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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Hello Just looking at the recipes and came to Crumpets. Well we English usually have these at breakfast time. You can put anything you want on them, we mainly just have them plain with butter or margarine. Weezie when the butter oozes out, that is the whole point of them so you have'nt over done it.
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June 6th, 2005 at 03:20 PM
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You know, they were good... Better with the jelly... But something was just different about them. We got these out of a catalog, my mom had sent them to my Uncle, he loves that sort of thing, it came with a basket and jam's and assorted goodies... We just don't get them in the local grocery stores, so I wasn't sure what to do with them.. The butter seeping out of them was okay for the adults, but when the wee~one's got ahold of them, there was butter everrrrrrrrrry where!!!
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June 7th, 2005 at 05:55 AM
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weezie, here we can buy our crumpets at the grocery store so if you want me buy some for you and send it in dry ice i can do that. crumpets are also called at some places english muffins(dough they dont look like muffin)
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June 16th, 2005 at 10:48 AM
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weezie,
want me send you some,be glad to if you want.
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June 16th, 2005 at 06:30 PM
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Francine, Not really to be honest, I wasn't all that crazy about them.. They were different.. and a nice change... but, they weren't something I'd eat again and again!!! And we've been tryin' to cut out a wee~bit of all that bread we're eating too... But thanx for thinking of me, that is very nice of you!!!!
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June 16th, 2005 at 10:33 PM
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Ooooo Crumpets are so good.....Sort of like an English Muffin over here in the US, but better.....we used to eat them all the time in England for breakfast....
Mom and Dad are going to England for a month this August and I always look forward to them coming home because they come back with goodies---candy and such.......English candybars are the best...Aero bars, and Crunchies, and Maltesers.......my mouth is now officially watering.......LOL
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June 26th, 2005 at 02:27 PM
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English candybars are the best...Aero bars, OOOOOOHHHH!!!! The Aero is my favorite EVER! I love the little bubbles.
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June 26th, 2005 at 08:47 PM
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I remember seeing those advertised a bunch years ago, but haven't even seen them around.. Do they still sell them???
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June 26th, 2005 at 11:21 PM
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I go to an English food web site that sells everything english you can imagine.....candy, food, tea......I've never come across them in any stores, but I imagine some specialty stores have them......
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#6292
June 27th, 2005 at 02:27 AM
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We get them in Canada. That is how I came to love them. I have a cousin who sends us packages from home.
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