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03 Mar 2018, 3:47 pm

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Oh crumpets! I added these to my list today.

I prefer thin well done but will settle for thicker ones.

Just butter is fine but I do like to experiment too.

Garlic and cheese is nice on them.


Of course! How could I forget! Melted Cheshire cheese atop moist crumpets!



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03 Mar 2018, 3:51 pm

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The optimal state of a crumpet is warm yet soggy, aided by the butter melding into the crumpet's inner reaches. I like them well-done, so they are slightly crispy on the outside.


I play toaster roulette - the gamble between crispy outside and cremated.

I buy the cheapest ones because they are the thinnest, guaranteeing the most crunch and the best butter ratio. Fat crumpets are just wrong.


Pikelets are my favourite but they’re a rare breed - Tesco sell them but they’re more expensive than crumpets and you get less for your money so I resent paying more for less



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03 Mar 2018, 3:55 pm

Temeraire wrote:
Oh crumpets! I added these to my list today.



This thread seems to be adding to your shopping list :)



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03 Mar 2018, 3:56 pm

Ultradeepfield wrote:
fluffysaurus wrote:
Ultradeepfield wrote:
Tequila wrote:
The optimal state of a crumpet is warm yet soggy, aided by the butter melding into the crumpet's inner reaches. I like them well-done, so they are slightly crispy on the outside.


I play toaster roulette - the gamble between crispy outside and cremated.

I buy the cheapest ones because they are the thinnest, guaranteeing the most crunch and the best butter ratio. Fat crumpets are just wrong.


Pikelets are my favourite but they’re a rare breed - Tesco sell them but they’re more expensive than crumpets and you get less for your money so I resent paying more for less


I don't believe I have ever had those. I could go a breakfast roll now, although I had sausage at lunch. I regurgitated part of the sandwich - it happens almost daily. This should not be happening.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:01 pm

Ultradeepfield wrote:
Temeraire wrote:
Oh crumpets! I added these to my list today.



This thread seems to be adding to your shopping list :)


Yes it is, and there was me thinking I would struggle to get upto the minimum of £25.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:12 pm

Have you folks gotten above freezing yet?

We just had a "Nor'easter." Over a million customers without power (which probably translates to around 2 million people. Not too many in NYC or Long Island, though. More impact to the northwest and northeast of the city.

Much of the impact was in Massachusetts, actually--Boston. And there was actually quite a bit of impact in the DC area. DC has been faring well this winter (as have we, after late January or so).



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03 Mar 2018, 4:19 pm

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Have you folks gotten above freezing yet?

We just had a "Nor'easter." Over a million customers without power (which probably translates to around 2 million people. Not too many in NYC or Long Island, though. More impact to the northwest and northeast of the city.

Much of the impact was in Massachusetts, actually--Boston. And there was actually quite a bit of impact in the DC area. DC has been faring well this winter (as have we, after late January or so).


Yes! It is just above freezing today and we are due to up to 7 C tomorrow with rain.
Marvellous.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:26 pm

You will feel that many of your sorrows have "melted."

That's the sensation I feel when it finally gets above freezing after a cold snap.

We had a doozy of a cold snap late December/early January. There was a 30 cm snowstorm mixed in there.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:38 pm

It was like that here the last few days.
I was sat in a blizzard defrosting that bloody pipe with a hairdryer.

It is a weight lifted indeed.

Now to get the car sorted out.
It never ends.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:40 pm

There is no snow here whatever. None. Not a smidgeon.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:45 pm

I just leased a new car. It's an orange-red Hyundai Tucson.

What's wrong with your car, Temeraire?



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03 Mar 2018, 4:46 pm

Crumpets are definitely not English muffins, though they look like them somewhat.

English muffins are somewhat hard-textured (but good). Crumpets seem to be rather soft-textured.



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03 Mar 2018, 4:49 pm

Tequila wrote:
There is no snow here whatever. None. Not a smidgeon.


You were lucky.
It is usually colder up north so we copped it for a change.

My mum told me we may not be out of the woods yet and could get another cold spell.
Yeah, ma cheer me up with another will you. :roll:



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03 Mar 2018, 4:55 pm

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I just leased a new car. It's an orange-red Hyundai Tucson.

What's wrong with your car, Temeraire?


My car has a flat battery and the bonnet cable is knackered too.
It is overstretched. Just like me.



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03 Mar 2018, 5:01 pm

I like snow because then I'm not getting rained on. I got rained on today. Image


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03 Mar 2018, 5:03 pm

Would a new battery solve the problem?

I once carried a battery about a mile for some girl who later turned out to only want me for my credit card (I didn't have a credit card at the time).