Their kettles work better too, so they drink more tea.
It's hard to find crumpets around here. The little fruit stand at 30th
and Church (where Sister Act was filmed) sometimes has them. Ikedas in
Auburn usually does, but that's a 2-hour drive from SF.
My theory is that it's hard to toast crumpets properly in a 120 volt
toaster, and the toasters are 220v in olde England, so they eat more crumpets.
Their kettles work better too, so they drink more tea.
On 22/02/2024 15:08, John Larkin wrote:
It's hard to find crumpets around here. The little fruit stand at 30th
and Church (where Sister Act was filmed) sometimes has them. Ikedas in
Auburn usually does, but that's a 2-hour drive from SF.
Two nations separated by a common language.
I take it we are talking about crumpets as round white 1/2" thick and
~3" diameter made out of a very holey dough full of big bubbles? Made on
a hot griddle in a ring mould and then toastable whole from a packet.
You can DIY them if you are so inclined. Recipe for major brand is here:
https://www.recipetineats.com/crumpet-recipe/
As opposed to toasting muffins which are basically more round flat bread
bun like and sliced in two before toasting.
My first American pancakes were a bit of a shock - I was expecting a
couple of thin crepes but I got a huge stack of 8" diameter 1cm thick
pan cakes. It did what it said on the tin (just not what I expected).
My theory is that it's hard to toast crumpets properly in a 120 volt
toaster, and the toasters are 220v in olde England, so they eat more
crumpets.
I doubt there is too much of a limitation on voltage. If it will toast
bread then it should toast crumpets too (if they will fit in the
toasting gap). The problem is that some (many?) bread toasters cannot
accept the thicker crumpets without application of a steam roller or
mallet to them which somewhat damages the shape and integrity!
Their kettles work better too, so they drink more tea.
Or coffee - since continental mains is 240v too.
Japan has similarly feeble electricity and slow kettles that are
essentially thermos flasks with a heating element inside it.
We boil water over a natural gas flame, which is probably a lot more
heat than an electric outlet can supply. Our central burner, the
biggest of five, is probably in the 5 KW equivalent sort of range.
On 22/02/2024 15:08, John Larkin wrote:
It's hard to find crumpets around here. The little fruit stand at 30th
and Church (where Sister Act was filmed) sometimes has them. Ikedas in
Auburn usually does, but that's a 2-hour drive from SF.
Two nations separated by a common language.
I take it we are talking about crumpets as round white 1/2" thick and
~3" diameter made out of a very holey dough full of big bubbles? Made on
a hot griddle in a ring mould and then toastable whole from a packet.
You can DIY them if you are so inclined. Recipe for major brand is here:
https://www.recipetineats.com/crumpet-recipe/
As opposed to toasting muffins which are basically more round flat bread
bun like and sliced in two before toasting.
My first American pancakes were a bit of a shock - I was expecting a
couple of thin crepes but I got a huge stack of 8" diameter 1cm thick
pan cakes. It did what it said on the tin (just not what I expected).
My theory is that it's hard to toast crumpets properly in a 120 volt
toaster, and the toasters are 220v in olde England, so they eat more
crumpets.
I doubt there is too much of a limitation on voltage. If it will toast
bread then it should toast crumpets too (if they will fit in the
toasting gap). The problem is that some (many?) bread toasters cannot
accept the thicker crumpets without application of a steam roller or
mallet to them which somewhat damages the shape and integrity!
Their kettles work better too, so they drink more tea.
Or coffee - since continental mains is 240v too.
On 2/22/24 20:15, john larkin wrote:
We boil water over a natural gas flame, which is probably a lot more
heat than an electric outlet can supply. Our central burner, the
biggest of five, is probably in the 5 KW equivalent sort of range.
and most of of that ends up heating the room instead of the water
people have tried, an 1800W induction cook top will boil a pot of water
just as fast as a 5000W gas burner
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:08:26 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2024 15:08, John Larkin wrote:
It's hard to find crumpets around here. The little fruit stand at 30th
and Church (where Sister Act was filmed) sometimes has them. Ikedas in
Auburn usually does, but that's a 2-hour drive from SF.
Two nations separated by a common language.
I take it we are talking about crumpets as round white 1/2" thick and
~3" diameter made out of a very holey dough full of big bubbles? Made on
a hot griddle in a ring mould and then toastable whole from a packet.
That's what we get here. They are very dense and moist and hard to
toast.
On 22/02/2024 19:15, john larkin wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:08:26 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
On 22/02/2024 15:08, John Larkin wrote:
It's hard to find crumpets around here. The little fruit stand at 30th >>>> and Church (where Sister Act was filmed) sometimes has them. Ikedas in >>>> Auburn usually does, but that's a 2-hour drive from SF.
Two nations separated by a common language.
I take it we are talking about crumpets as round white 1/2" thick and
~3" diameter made out of a very holey dough full of big bubbles? Made on >>> a hot griddle in a ring mould and then toastable whole from a packet.
That's what we get here. They are very dense and moist and hard to
toast.
OK So the same thing as I think of as a crumpet (which was breakfast
today). The main problem with them is that about half the toasters made
even in the UK do not have an aperture wide enough to accept them.
Newer cool wall toasters are even worse in that respect occupying a huge >volume of space and dry the bread into submission rather than toast it!
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