On 2015-12-13 5:59 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:30:42 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> After my recent forays into the crumpet making world I would encourage
>> people to make them. They are cheap and easy to make.
>
> Working up the motivation to do it is a key ingredient.

Yeah, there may be that to it. You may remember that one of my pet
peeves is pancake mixes. I don't understand why people would buy them,
or why people would rule out making pancakes if they ran out of mix,
because they are so easy to make from scratch.

We frequently had crumpets when I was a kid and I loved them. We
bought them less and less often because they just weren't as good as I
remembered them from my childhood. It had never occurred to me to try
making them myself until someone here mentioned it. I was going to give
them a try but did not have fast rising yeast.

When I finally remembered to get the yeast and tried them for the first
time I was amazed at how easy they were and I was amazed that they were
so much better than the store bought version, and even better than my
memory of the old time store bought version.

We have discussed the virtue of pancake mix here, so I guess it should
not be surprising that if people won't make something as simple as
pancakes from scratch I should not expect them to make crumpets.

I find it interesting that so many people scorn English cooking as bland
and boring, but that they won't go to the effort to make some of the
simple but tasty English dishes.