O/T Crumpet or Pikelet?

[howdydoo]

What's the difference between a crumpet and pikelet? A good question, because there isn't really a difference in flavour. Crumpets and pikelets are both raised bread products made with yeast, and they're both baked on a griddle (although a frying pan works just as well). If there is a difference "Proper" crumpets are thick and usually cooked in a circular mould with a top covered in little open bubbles. When toasted and buttered, the melted butter oozes into these holes, producing a crispy, buttery honeycomb with a crunchy exterior. A pikelet is usually flatter and less regularly shaped as you simply spoon a small amount of batter out rather than filling up a mould.... quicker to prepare but still all the little wells to hold the the lovely melted butter. The verdict...they both taste delicious.

Thanks to Morethanburnttoast.blogspot

That's bollax.

Toasting fork on an open fire. Them were the days.

[millertop]

That's bollax.

Toasting fork on an open fire. Them were the days.

Agree

[Gainsbro_Miller]

We always called the thicker ones (now called crumpets in the shops) pikelets.
Thinner and flatter ones with no holes were called scotch pancakes.
That’s from Thurcroft .

Maybe ask Terry Moran cos he’s also from the Village and he knows a thing or two about food products!!!

[pip_y]

That's bollax.

Toasting fork on an open fire. Them were the days.

I think you’re missing the point, the article is talking about how they are made not the toasting. It would be difficult to put the mixture on a toasting fork!!! I agree the best way to toast the product is on an open fire.

[mygiddypant]

Pikelet when I was a working class kid. Crumpet when I grew up and became middle class.

[crookadile]

Me and my brother used to have the thicker ones Crumpets when we were kids. Lashings of Best Butter and Heinz Baked Beans. Lovely.

[howdydoo]

I think you’re missing the point, the article is talking about how they are made not the toasting. It would be difficult to put the mixture on a toasting fork!!! I agree the best way to toast the product is on an open fire.

I was just being nostalgic

[the_idiotb_stardson]

An interesting schism already.

Some say pikelets are the thinner ones, others say pikelets are the thicker ones?

[CAMiller]

English Muffins. Peanut Butter and Jelly

[Masbroughstreet]

Pikelets are the thinner ones, Crumpets are the thicker ones.

I call both pikelets though.