Dear England,

[QueenAdrock]

Thank you for making crumpets. They are delicious, especially with butter and a wee bit of jam.


Fuck, I spilled jam on my linens. :mad:

[QueenAdrock]

My friends actually believed crumpets were a made-up food, or only found in England. I proved them wrong last week when I got a package at Trader Joe's.

Goddamn, I love these things.

[Bob]

delineate the differences between a crumpet, an english muffin, and a scone

i visited london when i was 13, i had scones with clotted cream and jam, and it was fucking delightful

[SB00774]

crumpets, with butter all over. mmm.
jaffa cakes. mmmm.
MARMALADE - do you even know how much you have to ask for it in north america? ridiculous!

[mikizee]

crumpet (http://www.girlalive.com/food/images/crumpet2.jpg)

english muffin (http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/englishmuffins.jpg)

scone (http://www.bctree.com/images/photos/apple-scone.jpg)

I hope this clears things up.

[sercomdj01]

crumpets are what posh southern jerks call piklets.

[na§tee]

and a wee bit of jam.
<3 heehee.

oh man, i love me some crumpets. and good explaining there, mikizee.
i love me some scots crumpets and pancakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet), too.

right now i am eating toast with RASPBERRY jam yyummmm.

[mikizee]

i thought piklets are pikey children?

HAR HAR.

But seriously, aren't piklets little pancakes?

[Yorkshire~Rose]

crumpets are what posh southern jerks call piklets.

No no no!! Pikelets are a Yorkshire thing - they look like crumpets but they are slightly thinner. The best pikelet i ever had was in Betty's Tea Room in Harrogate! :D I still call the thicker crumpets pikelets even though technically they arn't.

[chromium05]

^^ Excellent - I was trying to remember the name of that tea shop. Been there several time with a bunch of sweaty leathered up bikers when we've been riding up that way from Doncaster to the Pennines and Lake District. Cheers

Also, for any "foriegners" planning a visit to Blighty, please remember that crumpet can also be applied in a sexual way i.e - "a bit of crumpet" to describe either comely young lovely OR a quick shag.

DO NOT ask for "some crumpet". This could result in scalding tea spilt onto a strategically painful area. :o

[AndILoveMike!]

england is the best country in the world. for so much things!!!!

and then the u.s.

[Planetary]

staffordshire oatcakes :(

[Helvete]

I hate England.

Presenting you with exhibit 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCLbkNLmiE)

[Planetary]

devlin's actually pretty good.

[Medellia]

delineate the differences between a crumpet, an english muffin, and a scone

i visited london when i was 13, i had scones with clotted cream and jam, and it was fucking delightful
Oooh, clotted cream. And kebabs. And chips. I miss getting to eat all of that stuff. Not all at once of course, that would be gross.

[Nivvie]

Crumpets are so perfect, the way the little holes on the top allow for jam/topping to be held within as well as upon.
Someone should get a Nobel prize for that.

Back in the days when I ate a lot of cheese, they were fine with it melted all over the top.

[na§tee]

Back in the days when I ate a lot of cheese, they were fine with it melted all over the top.
god. i need this in my life. perhaps with the teeeeniest scraping of brown sauce, too. god. uggghhh. HUNGER.

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

that's it. i am going. to the shops. yumpf.

[camo]

crumpets are what posh southern jerks call piklets.


I thought piklets were just thin finger shaped crumpets?

[trailerprincess]

your afternoon tea selections are fab but your men are shitty and your weather is even worse.

Yours TP,

*a disgruntled Brit off to find some sun and sex*

[na§tee]

oooh individual finger shaped crumpets. they are so goddamned cute.

i ate nearly half a jar of jam (obviously on bread, i didn't just sit there with a spoon - although i wouldn't put that past me) this past three days. raspberry.

are we all in agreement that raspberry jam is better than strawberry jam, yes?

[discopants]

try bake beans on crumpets- messy but delicious. I'd like to thank Scotland for Irn Bru.

[na§tee]

I'd like to thank Scotland for Irn Bru.
you are most welcome.

not too sure about the baked beans though. crumpets have a weird sort of texture that i dont think will lend itself to heinz. but perhaps. i might push the boat out here..

[Planetary]

scrambled egg & beans, on toast (y)(y)(y)

[SOP]

Thank you for Camden Town. I enjoyed hanging out there.

[Parkey]

I'd like to thank this fine nation for it's knee-jerk, mob mentality press. Gawd bless 'em!

Oh, and Alton Towers. Nemesis is the best ride on earth. FACT.