Giant Crumpets

[Winchester White]

Crumpets are lovely if they are toasted properly otherwise they are rubbery.

 

Potato cakes are nice on occasion also but need the same care too.

[little whitt]

Ooh, I say

 

Got some from Greenhalgh's couple of week back; spot on

best ever 3 on a barm with brown sauce

[MickyD]

Potato cake with a very runny yolk fried egg. Food of the gods.

[Salford Trotter]

Potato cake with a very runny yolk fried egg. Food of the gods.

Got to have some crispy bacon too..perfection!

[Matt Lofthouse]

Crumpets should be ate all six in one sitting drowning in enough butter to float the navy.

With marmite and to go really crazy a bit of grated chilli cheese.

[MancWanderer]

Potato cakes with a poached egg on top. Heaven!!

[no balls]

Potato cakes with a poached egg on top. Heaven!!

my favourite breakfast

[Marc505]

Eggy crumpets with chili flakes and melted cheese

[Biggish Dave]

If warbys are not going to put a fortune into us then I don't care.

 

Crumpets are shit, giant ones are probably worse.

 

Shove it Jonathan u prick

[bolty58]

Any improvement on normal sized ones?

 

 

Nah mate. Like em curvy but you can keep the 'fart and give us a clue' jobbies.

[stevieb]

My Mrs was proper lucky this year and got a 4 slice toaster that fits Warbies bread.

 

I don't know whether it fits massive crumpets or whether the setttings equal minutes but I thought I'd show off that I'm a proper romantic gift giver.

[Salford Trotter]

If warbys are not going to put a fortune into us then I don't care.

 

Crumpets are shit, giant ones are probably worse.

 

Shove it Jonathan u prick

Jonathan is a Man U fan so it's only Brett that is a Wanderer

[captainmed]

"That" ad would have cost an absolute fortune to make with the creative, never mind the massive celeb and image rights fees, in addition to airtime at prime time (It was at least a minute long, if not longer)

 

IMO, then no way would it have produced the necessary ROI.

 

Crumpets are supposed to be small anyway.

Edited December 30, 2016 by captainmed

[bgoefc]

I'm glad you posted this as I thought I was going menk. My toaster (dualit) only has a setting to 3 which burns any bread but the one at work (kenwood) has 5 and 3 is perfect on that.

 

Our 11 year old John Lewis own brand has nine settings and fancy lights that count down and it beeps when done. It would feel insulted if I put a crumpet in it and would probably kick off.

[freds dad]

Our 11 year old John Lewis own brand has nine settings and fancy lights that count down and it beeps when done. It would feel insulted if I put a crumpet in it and would probably kick off.

 

You could probably put Waitrose own brand crumpets in it.

[Youri McAnespie]

I'm going to ask my butler what brand my toaster is...

[madthatter]

Potato cakes are the future

 

Aye, potato cake over crumpet any day of the week.  The last few I've had have been soggy in the middle - very disappointing - and I can't see a bigger one offering any significant improvement.

 

Either way they have to be literally drowned in best butter

 

Even tried making my own tatty cakes (or Farls?) with left over mash, with mixed results it must be said.  Lovely with a fried egg on top though

[madthatter]

Potato cake with a very runny yolk fried egg. Food of the gods.

 

Don't all fried eggs have to be runny by law?

 

 If I crack a yolk when frying I get disproportionately upset and it goes in the bin (unless it's my last egg then I have to eat it and I'll sulk all morning)

 

same with boiled eggs but 30 odd years of boiling them and trying to get a perfect dippy egg is still a lottery . . .

[Sweep]

 

Either way they have to be literally drowned in best butter

 

 

I don't eat butter so wouldn't know...this talk of "best butter" - do people keep 2 sorts? - normal shitty butter for normal butties, and best stuff for treats like crumpets and bacon butties

[madthatter]

I don't eat butter so wouldn't know...this talk of "best butter" - do people keep 2 sorts? - normal shitty butter for normal butties, and best stuff for treats like crumpets and bacon butties

 

ha ha!  I have one type of butter in the house and it's always decent fat.  I'm with you, never got why folk say best but thought it apt usage for this thread

 

No butter?  May I ask why?

Edited December 30, 2016 by madthatter

[no balls]

Aye, potato cake over crumpet any day of the week. The last few I've had have been soggy in the middle - very disappointing - and I can't see a bigger one offering any significant improvement.

 

Either way they have to be literally drowned in best butter

 

Even tried making my own tatty cakes (or Farls?) with left over mash, with mixed results it must be said. Lovely with a fried egg on top though

My mother used to make them when we were kids. They were immense.

[no balls]

Don't all fried eggs have to be runny by law?

 

If I crack a yolk when frying I get disproportionately upset and it goes in the bin (unless it's my last egg then I have to eat it and I'll sulk all morning)

 

same with boiled eggs but 30 odd years of boiling them and trying to get a perfect dippy egg is still a lottery . . .

I find poached eggs easier to make and healthier than a fried too. It countereacts the butter.

[Sweep]

 

 

No butter? May I ask why?

No butter or marge either - never had them, my Mum didn't have them, so by default I didn't when growing up.

[Leyther_Matt]

Don't all fried eggs have to be runny by law?

 

Not when their planned destination is in a barm.

[no balls]

No butter or marge either - never had them, my Mum didn't have them, so by default I didn't when growing up.

I had a milk intolerance as a child so couldn't have it without being rather ill. Now I'm all grown up I like it on the odd occasion even though it was a made up disease anyway