The great Crumpet Debate of 2014

Col_Decker

So here I am at working enjoying a nice afternoon treat of crumpet. No not Dawn from accounts, I mean the things to put in the toaster. Now normally at home I'd put butter and cedar cheese on my crumpet, but as I'm at work without ready access to cheese I just opted for butter.

 

With me so far?

 

Anyhoo I figured I'd spend a min googling for other tasty crumpet topping ideas. Imagine my delight when I found a wiki-how page "toppings for crumpet". Then imagine my horror at what I saw ...

 

Link

 

look at the state of that!!! Clearly those crumpets are upside down, what kind of beast has a crumpet like that? Surely those aren't toppings, those are bottomings. If you have your crumpet like that then you're probably some sort of Ebola-ISIS-Peado or something.

chillidoggy

Ok, ok, so you have a toaster. Just don't rub it in, eh?

monquixote

Crumpets are best with Marmite. 

Col_Decker

Got two, one at home, one at work. The one at work is a 4 slicer. Ooooooooh

not_the_dj

Golden Syrup on mine please.

chillidoggy

Noooooooo! You utter bastard!

Phil_aka_Pip

That's more mini-pizza than crumpet. If I wanted pizza I'd have pizza. As it is, ordinary crumpet with loadsa butter is just fine

Drew_TNBD

Holn's mum is a nice bit o' crumpet.

Col_Decker

Phil_aka_Pip said:

That's more mini-pizza than crumpet. If I wanted pizza I'd have pizza. As it is, ordinary crumpet with loadsa butter id just fine

 

And holes facing up too I'd wager? Like a proper gent.

Col_Decker

Drew_fx said:

Holn's mum is a nice bit o' crumpet.

And holes facing up too I'd wager? Like a proper ho.

Phil_aka_Pip

Funnily enough, Tracey Emin is looking less unpleasant now she's getting a bit older http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29549536

Karlos

monquixote said:

Crumpets are best with Marmite. 

Absolutely. Love em with Marmite. 

Diabetic Strawberry Jam from Morrisons as well.

Warburtons crumpets are excellent. Really firm. *oh matron*

I also like putting cheese spread on them !!! 

Col_Decker

Aye but .... holes up or holes down?

Fretwired

Crumpets in a toaster .. bah humbug. A toasting fork and a nice fire or failing that a grill .... and then lashings of English butter .. :-)

not_the_dj

Col_Decker said:

Aye but .... holes up or holes down?

Are those actually good ol' fashioned English crumpets in your link? 

It might just be foreigners with a different recipe ;-)

monquixote

Col_Decker said:

Aye but .... holes up or holes down?

Clearly holes up. 

You've got to get the holes filled with butter so you can pack the maximum number of calories in

MazzaG

Crunchy peanut butter + Jam = heaven.

I always thought it wouldn't work (jam and peanut butter is a popular sandwich combination in America) but it is honestly amazing.

frankus

Col_Decker said:

No not Dawn from accounts

So we're not talking about the kind of crumpet you cover in chocolate spread and proceed to eat noisily in the corner of the office kitchen leaving a mess on the work surfaces which the cleaner refuses to touch and your co-workers speculate about for a couple of weeks?

in answer to your question, porous side up - in order to capture molten butter.. I hold with the comments about the toaster I prefer the grill

Bidley

Holes up, cream cheese and marmite. Bangin'.

stickyfiddle

Holes up, butter on, honey on top.

Now tell me more about Dawn from accounts...

EricTheWeary

Holes up, loadsa butter, all the jam from one of those tiny pots you bought on holiday thinking eating over priced French jam would lead to a sophisticated lifestyle.