Re: Bagels

John Williamson wrote, though the Organization header says "":

>On 08/08/2024 04:12, Ben Newsam wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>In the Potteries, where I first met them, pikelets are a smaller, 
>thicker, sweeter version of the Staffordshire oatcake, often with raisin 
>in it. They are produced using the same large griddle as the oatcakes. 
>No rings are used in the process, just a blob of fairly stiff batter 
>carefully dropped onto the griddle.

Staffordshire oatcakes, mmm. Now you're talking. Ummm. FYI that's why
I make pikelets rather than crumpets, because I don't possess crumpet
rings.
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Ben