Nicky > wrote:

: This may well be a language issue - I know the US doesn't have a
crumble, : they retained a biscuit topping that we've lost. A crumble is a
lazy cook's : dream, because it's lovely and easy - my kids produced their
first edible : result around age 3 : ) It's a (preferably crispy) topping
for mixed fruit.

We do too have crumbles and thinkgs similar called
betties. The stuff with the biscuit or pi crust top (no bottom crust) is
called a cobbler here. I make them using splenda to sweeten both the
fruit and the cruble toping, which I generally make with rolled oats and a
little fat

Wendy