On 2018-12-10 8:11 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> Janet wrote:
>
..>>> the hal
>>> 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.
>>
>>
> Nope but I had fun looking them up! Not at all what my mind wanted to
> say they were. I was imagining something a bit closer to a croisannt.
>
> Silly me! At least I looked them up. I have a vague recollection of
> them being served in Tea House in San Diego in La Mesa. I never got
> any there, only that it was a unique thing to the area.
>




Ah.... I see. When the topic of crumpets appeared she Googled and found
the only crumpet shop around, which happens to be not too far from where
she lives now. She checked out the menu and saw that this unique chop
sells savory crumpets with eggs on top. Hence the egg issue.