Wednesday, October 22, 2008

What's in a name - again.

When I was little, pikelets for Sunday tea was a weekly treat. We used to buy them loose from the local baker - they were thick and round with holes all over the surface, and you toasted them (in front of the fire back in those days) and smothered them with butter and sometimes honey. So just when did they become crumpets? That's what they're called in all the supermarkets these days. Ask for pikelets and you're met with a blank stare. To my generation, "crumpet" has a completely different meaning!

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