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On 14 Dec 2018, Ophelia wrote
(in article >):

>
> "Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
> news.com...
>
> On 13 Dec 2018, Dave Smith wrote
> (in article >):
>
> > On 2018-12-13 6:00 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> > > OMG! It's still there! Read it and weep people!
> > >
> > > https://thecrumpetshop.com/crumpets/
> >
> > No shit. My bet, as mentioned early is that you googled Crumpet and that
> > was where you got the idea about eggs and crumpets. Besides, the TMI of
> > your life posted here suggests that you lived elsewhere.
>
> All this chat about crumpets, so I decided to try making them them myself.
>
> Disaster struck, and although the yeast mixture frothed up nice and fluffy
> in
> the mixing bowl, when cooked in the crumpet rings the results came out
> dense
> and stodgy.
>
> The wife ate a couple because she likes that sort of thing (which is why
> she
> married me) but the rest of them went out for the birds, although history
> will not record what they thought of my cooking skills.
>
> I think I will give home made crumpets a wide berth in future.
>
> ==
>
> I wonder what happened! Crumpets are quite stodgy anyway I think. I mean,
> they are hardly like a sponge cake innit? ;p

I may have had the pan too hot and the yeast died before it could produce
enough gas holes?

==

I don't know. Will you not try again, just to test it out?