A friend tried on Facebook earlier this month to settle the debate "crumpets n jam vs crumpets n cheese". 119 comments later, jam had 21 votes, but cheese won with 36. Many other options were suggested, including both jam and cheese at the same time, peanut butter both with and without jam, Nutella, Marmite, marmalade, golden syrup, fried egg, my personal favourite topping of fried bananas with Malibu... and of course there were the "butter only" purists.
I've never made my own crumpets (maybe one day, my sister once did and she said they weren't all that difficult) but I got to thinking what creative thing you could do with a shop-bought crumpet apart from simply spreading something on it. I'd previously seen a photo of a Full English Crumpet sandwich with bacon, egg, sausage and baked beans in the middle; but today I found a twist on eggy bread using crumpets, which I hadn't previously considered. I beat two eggs with a splash of milk, seasoning, and a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg and soaked three crumpets in this mixture while I preheated the frying pan. I cooked them on both sides in oil, pouring a little more egg mixture into the holey sides and in the pan to get a little "omeletty" effect around the edge. Topped with grilled bacon and a drizzle of maple syrup they were a revelation!
Here's a photo of the full English crumpet:
As a little treat, here are a couple of crumpet-related videos for you. You may need to copy and paste the links. The first is the Wombles, a throwback to my childhood. I especially like Tobermory's exclamation at about 2 minutes and 10 seconds in:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBibF-YfBY
The other is the ever fabulous Muppets Warburton's giant crumpets advert:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp_WNfa7PGY
Enjoy! And thanks for reading,
Caroline x
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