Re: Bagels

Ben Newsam <[email protected]> Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:12:25 +0100
Newsgroups alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
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Bob Henson wrote, though the Organization header says "Home":

>On 7.8.24 3:12 am, Ben Newsam wrote:
>> Kerr-Mudd, John wrote, though the Organization header says "Dis":
>> 
>>>On Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:21:36 +0100
>>>Ben Newsam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Personally, I'm not keen on bagels.
>>>
>>>Crumpets all round!
>> 
>> Indeed. Or pikelets.
>
>They don't seem to understand pikelets in Gloucestershire. I usually 
>explain they are thinner and of greater diameter than crumpets - they 
>were when I was a kid in Derbyshire, anyway.

Absolutely. Here in Sheffield people sometimes erroneously call a
normal crumpet a pikelet. IMO actual pikelets are better and, as you
say, thinner and a little larger. Sometimes I make my own because I do
not possess crumpet rings. The other day I spotted some genuine
pikelets in M&S Food Hall in Meadowhall.
-- 
Ben