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Janet

In article 8>,
says...
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> On Sun 09 Dec 2018 08:09:14p, Janet told us...
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> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > The recent posts on crumpets got me thinking that I had not
> >> > made them for a few months. They seemed like a good idea for a
> >> > cold, wintry morning. Since my new JoC doesn't have a crumpet
> >> > recipe I went online and printed on up. It was a little
> >> > different from the old on. It called for activated yeast. I
> >> > only had fast acting, so it was going to have to do. Maybe it
> >> > was too old, but the yeast just never really worked much. The
> >> > batter was much denser than my old recipe. It glooped out
> >> > slowly and over filled the rings. The never developed the
> >> > nooks and crannies that are the hallmark of crumpets. They
> >> > tasted okay but the texture was a flop.
> >>
> >> I made them once as a child. Having never eaten them before, I
> >> wasn't sure if they came out correctly or not. I did buy one once
> >> at a crumpet place at Pike Place market.
> >
> > Somehow I find it hard to imagine "a crumpet place" exists in
> > USA.
> > Certainly not in UK.
>
> There is (or was) an English tea room here in Phoenix. Among a fairly
> nice selection of items on their menu, crumpets were on it and they
> were like those I was served in someone's home in England. The tea
> room was some disance from where we now live, so have not been back in
> several years.

"A crumpet place" suggests it specialises in one thing. Crumpets.
Even in UK, we don't have unique outlets selling just crumpets.

She didn't say "tea room" , "cafe" "cake shop".. the kind of places
where crumpets might be one of the items on the menu.

Janet UK