Whats the difference between a pancake and a crumpet? Iv just had a crumpet for the 1st time, Amy on here was talking about them recently and then I spied them in Tesco and thought Id give them ago. (God I live life in the fast lane dont I )

While they were nice... they just looked and tasted like pancakes with holes in them. Are they meant to taste like that?

Oh and also do you guys have potato bread in England? A few people I know who have left NI complain they cant get it anywhere .

Well pancakes are usually flat and slightly sweetened over here (somepeople call them dropscones) and crumpets are thick and holey and unsweetened so you can have them savoury with butter or melted cheese or sweet with jam/peanut butter/nutella. Me and Thomas love both and we are spoilt coz we get as many as we want free from OHs work (kingsmill).

I don't really know what potato bread is but we do have potato cakes which are a bit like pancakes made from potato that I love fried in the same pan as bacon for breakfast mmmmmmmm

You're making me hungry snoopy! stop it!

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Are you thinking of like American pancakes? cause for me a pancake, not shop bought is really different. Thinner, bigger, different taste. But I guess i could see what you mean if you were thinking of shop bought American style pancakes.

I have no idea what potato bread is.
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mmmmm I love proper 'pancake day style' pancakes too - might make some after tea tonight. Can you tell I haven't eaten lunch yet?

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http://www.yourormo.com/dsp_productcategoryDetails.cfm/pageExt/ormoproduct/PCK/4

^^^ pancakes, though I eat toasted with butter not syrup. The big thin ones I call crepes,

Potato bread....

http://www.yourormo.com/dsp_ProductCategoryDetails.cfm/PCK/5

They are nothing like has browns, is that what you mean by potato cake debs?

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http://www.yourormo.com/dsp_productcategoryDetails.cfm/pageExt/ormoproduct/PCK/4

^^^ pancakes, though I eat toasted with butter not syrup. The big thin ones I call crepes,

Potato bread....

http://www.yourormo.com/dsp_ProductCategoryDetails.cfm/PCK/5

They are nothing like has browns, is that what you mean by potato cake debs?

Yeah that's what i meant by American style pancakes.

I don't think i've ever seen/heard of potato bread.x

Yep those are the ones snoop! I love them on a fry up. Prefer them to hash browns. You can get potato bread in supermarkets Michelle (kingsmill do them too ) they are usually in the bakery bit near bagels and soda bread etc.

We have pancakes toasted with butter too. Yummy.

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I'll have to try and find them then in the supermarket. I'm one of those shoppers that just get the same thing every week I never notice other stuff. x

Haha I'm very much like that too hun, it's usually something I send oh out for specially if we decide on a fry up which is once in a blue moon.

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potato bread as in a tattie scone /

You must be able to get potato bread then you guys just call it different things. Its yum and the law to have hear with a fry. You always get potato bread and soda, rarely toast.

Mmmm Im making myself hungry. Would love to do a full ulster fy for dinner but the snow is so deep doubt the car would shift and dont fancy pushing the pram through it either. Boring old pasta for tea!

You've made me hungrey!

I love pancakes, crumpets, muffins, scones, pitta bread, Dan says I am addicted to white flour!

I'm sooo hungry now! All of those things sound far too delicious, and i'm going to have to have a muffin, even though i should be going to bed

Love tattie scones, when we drive to the highlands we stop in a lil layby just outside of glen coe to see the 'tattie scone man', he has a mobile kitchen there and always have a tattie scone in a bun. Carbtastic

mmmm crumpets! me and alfie love them. he has a whole one to himself and i have 2 with butter and it leaks all the way through and makes the crumpet all soft and squidgy!! *drools*

Ha! You bumping this up has reminded me I have hlf a packet left and they go outta date tomorrow, thats supper sorted

Are they usually as thin as pancakes, well amercian style pancakes not the big flat ones? I just imagined them to be thicker!

thats how our crumpets look. i wudnt say theyre thin? theyre quite "bouncy" and squidgy!!

Give me a min and i'l go photograph mine pmsl....

Mine are def thinner than that



Also theres only holes in one side, just noticed they called scotch pancakes, wonder if thats why they different.

Sorry scotch crumpets!!!!!

thats why they're sweet, english crumpets are savoury.

Ah right, my mission then this week is to try proper English crumpets!

i've had to buy some potato cakes after this thread, went to the farmers market today and got some lovely bacon, sausage and jumbo free range eggs for a chrimbo morning fry up. mmmmmmm

See now i know there's a dif between scotch crumpets and english crumpets im not convinced Northern Irish potato bread is the same as potato cakes or potato scones, I could be wrong though! I'l look out for a kingsmill one and see if its the same, any one's Iv had are Northern Irish brands eg ormo. Or do you have sunblest? I think they do potato bread.

Its scrummy fried in pan. I would offer to post you some but with the post atm it would prob be out of date by the time it arrived

I am intrigued by the potato bread, have found recipe to try, does this look about right
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3870380