Will wrote:
> ellen wickberg wrote:
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>>Will wrote:
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>>>On 2/26/05 10:55 AM, "Richard" > wrote:
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>>>>"Gavin" > wrote in message
legroups.com...
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>>>>>I've tried following the instructions very close but have found
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> that no
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>>>>>matter what, I can't get them cooked in the inside using the
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> griddle.
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>>>>>I think that your griddle is too hot. That is a problem that I
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> have
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>>>>>because it is very difficult to set my gas burner on llow.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Before I use a recipe I look at as many as I can to see if the
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> ingredients
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>>>>and procedures are similar. Most that I looked at indicated a
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> 275*-300* or
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>>>>medium heat griddle. I have used 275* most of the time. I have a
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> good flat
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>>>>griddle that fits over both front and back burners of my electric
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> range and
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>>>>I use a flat surface thermometer to dial in the temp before trying
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> to cook.
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>>>>I've varied cooking time each side and varying the temp a bit but
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> it just
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>>>>seems like it would take a 1/2 hr each side to cook the middle and
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> then the
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>>>>top/bottom would be far over done.
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>>>>They do rise as being cooked. I've tried flattening down a few to
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> see if
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>>>>this would help, but it didn't. In all cases the top/bottom end up
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> fairly
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>>>>hard.
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>>>>Do you think the dough could be too thick?
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>>>Don't think so. The way I've always done it is brown both sides
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> then into a
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>>>400F oven for 15 minutes.
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>>>Why would you bake them on a griddle?
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>>could be because that was how t hey were originally cooked.
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>
>>Ellen
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>
> Says who... James Beard?
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I don't often read James Beard. Is he your main source. I read any
number of authors, depending on what I am looking for. I did just look
at Elizabeth David's "English Bread and Yeast Cookery" which has a
chapter on crumpets and muffins. It appears that some people bake on a
griddle and some in an oven for muffins. Crumpets, of course, are quite
liquid and are done on a griddle.