i'm a fan of the crumpet and like all crumpet aficionado's i only buy 'Golden Crumpets' cuz all others are crap.
so when i saw that commercial on tv advertising Golden's new product-line called 'Crumpet Toast' i thought to myself; "I must have this immediaetly ...i MUST!"
but sadly i have to report they're shit. it's like buying a loaf of bread, sliced n' all but only smaller. each slice looks just like a piece of toast but sadly has no holes in it (like crumpets) - i was expecting holes god dammit! i wanted "crumpets" fashioned into the shape of toast to help my life feel more interesting - but what i got was ...er, toast. well, it is very, very similiar to toast - except more dense and slightly springy. but the big let down is the taste - it does NOT taste like a crumpet! it doesn't even taste like toast! - it tastes like cardboard.
so then i started to take issue with this product. firstly why crumpet TOAST? i mean, if i wanted jam on "toast", i'd buy freakin' toast! but no, i wanna put MY jam on a CRUMPET ...and now they're selling me crumpet toast - the INSANITY!
and get this, it says on the package:
A New Convenient Way To Enjoy That Great Crumpet Taste!
...convenient? so how is putting a slice of "toast" in the the toaster any more convenient than putting a crumpet in the toaster?!!
i'm mad. i want answers god dammit!
that blows. it's all about the holes. tiny little ponds of peanut-butter.
it is indeed
maybe the convenience refers to the amount? i always had issues with crumpets only coming in sixes.
I saw that picture and i imagined the same thing. seriously they should make toast shaped crumpets! that's an ace idea!
Mmmm Crumpets with jam are always good. Also since when did you put 'toast' go a toaster to make 'toast'? I thought you put go bread.
toasted toast... it's like refried beans!
mmmMMMMMMmmmm!
Mnml... Now THAT is hot,
it's still making sense at 2something... :-(
i threw out the rest this morn'
no more crumpet toast ever!
hissy fit over
did you try it with golden syrup?
Shoulda given it to me. This stuff is great.
Where's Nicko? I twisted his arm til he agreed to give it a shot, and never heard back from him.
no holes? sounds like a doughy muffin
agreed. not so much a food substance as an old kitchen sponge.
sounds like crap. thanks for helping me avoid being bitterly disappointed uncle tupelo.
...who said mess and noise was a waste of time?
Did you toast it first, kandos?
yeah, TJ. this left me with the impression of eating a dry, old kitchen sponge.
I'm eating proper crumpets right now.
why not just buy those square crumpets that you can get?
aww that's sad. they can't ruin the name of golden crumpets with such an inferior product. grr..thanks, i shall also be avoiding...
you can split them in two! fucking awesome. i need crumpets and blackberry jam right now.
yup. they're mad. i love the square crumpets with perforation down the middle.
The round ones are more like the multiverse.
oh no! i'm so glad i clicked on this thread.. i've been curious to try these babies.
WHAT BASTARDS! smearing (hehehe) the name of Crumpets worldwide by attaching it to yucky things like this.
i want crumpets asap.
i like the voice-over on the ad but the product is sub-par.
ha... snap! that's what i said in the multiverse thread!
Yeah, this crumpet toast stuff is rubbish
i agree i stole a slice from someone's loaf at work - not worth the price of admission
makes me mad.
look it's ok if you burn it but otherwise it's disgusting
Aren't crumpets realy just fat pancakes cooked on one side in an egg ring over a low heat??
Mmmm. Fat pancakes.
Gettin' stabby here.
yes.
I must disagree.
I bought a loaf of this the other week and ate the whole damn thing in a day. It's like eating a compacted croissant.
just like what modi said.
but a heart-shaped egg ring....
That being so, I don't see how you could have a crumpet loaf any more than a pancake loaf. The whole thing is about the way it's cooked. This reminds me of the frozen toasted sandwiches I saw a while back. Fucking idiot consumers.
It's not real crumpets?!?!! Next you'll be telling me that those yellow banana lolly's aren't made out of real bananas!
So much to learn...
Ah the yellow banana lolly.
Ingredients: sugar + yellow
i disagree srongly with most sentiments in this thread. i love crumpet toast. what kind of a clown buys a loaf of this expecting to get crumpets in the shape of bread? you can already buy square crumpets, the ones that break into two fingers. it's not crumpet, it's not bread, it's something else entirely, and it tastes great. all regular crumpet toppings (jam, honey, vegemite, promite, maple syrup) work on this stuff. it has less crumbs than regular toast too so you can buttter up a slice and walk around the house eating it without a plate. i'm getting another loaf immediately.
The voice of reason.
...um, it's called CRUMPET TOAST!
what was i meant to expect? pancakes?
but surely it's not going to be crumpets. my line of thinking went ''how will they mix up those two seemingly disparate foodstuffs?''. i didn't expect one in the shape of the other. that's just silly.
we did an experiment. we ate the crumpet toast. it blew. then we ate traditional crumpets. yum
so there
but lorenzo, it had the word ''crumpet'' in the product name
i expected a link no matter how tenuous!
Marketing department at Golden- FIX THIS SHIT.
you should learn to embrace those rare occasions when you are befuddled by food, thetupeloflash. they don't come nearly often enough in this life.
Next week can we look at Brumby's pear and raspberry bread? It's more cake than bread.
anyway, point is crumpet toast tastes bleeeergh!
I was trying to explain what crumpets were to students the other day. I said they were like holey english muffins or pancakes that you need to eat with ALOT of butter. They didnt get it...I tried to draw a picture on the whiteboard...it didnt really work. I miss crumpets, my 1st aussie brekky is gonna be crumpets with vegemite...ohhhhh yum vegemite. 1 year without either.
I just bought a loaf. I agree with rigid. It wails on regular toast.
wails on regular toast?
i've had a brain freeze. does that mean it's better than toast?
I prefer it to normal toast.