So I tried crumpets for the first time day–Trader Joe’s rarely does me wrong. Are they supposed to taste like doughy english muffins and sit heavily in the stomach?
I’ve been watching The Simpsons all week (from the beginning), making notes, and checking the wikipedia entries for things I may have missed (this has led to my new hobby of wikipedia editing–sometimes it’s grammar, sometimes factual. The boy says I simply must do this service. It makes me even whiter and nerdier than before!
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(Yes, the lego version. I can’t embed the real one for some reason.)
Am also reading everything other people have written about my favorite show. This in itself isn’t a problem (except that it’s taking a lot of time and I like reading more than the requisite taking of notes). I’m going crazy with the little and big mistakes and growing increasingly more paranoid that I’m going to make some.
But really, I’m tired of reading the same two things over and over again (especially when they’re in every article in a book).
1. One may think it’s strange to write/study/learn from The Simpsons, but . . .
2. (some description of the characters, e.g. Bart is the troublemaker . . .)
It’s all cliches now and I think I’m going to go mad. Am tempted to keep a chart with how many times the same words are used (hapless, moral center, etc).
Have had the same experience with TJ’s crumpets. And no, they aren’t supposed to be like leaden English muffins.
I was taught how to “do” crumpets by an Englishman (not Liam), and I swear I only like them when I follow his instructions. They shouldn’t be doughy or leaden, but they should be, for lack of a better word, squishy. After toasting them to a light brown, the key is to take a really, really large pat of butter. More of a hunk than a pat. Then you run it over the top of the crumpet, patiently going over the surface and letting it melt until virtually every hole in the top is filled with melted butter up to the brim. Then you add a thin film of jam or marmalade. Be sure to eat over a plate as the butter squirts out everywhere. Yum.
All that said, I never found crumpets in California that had the right texture, though some from the Co-op were decent.