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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Pikelets and crumpets are two totally different things. A pikelet is flat and about six inch round and a crumpet is about three inch round. Quite similar in taste, though I think pikelets have a wee bit of yeast in them. Used to have them as a kid - toasted - with lots of butter which used to melt into the holes on the top. They often made my teeth 'feel on edge'.
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They might have had bicarb of soda in them - too much of that in scones makes my teeth feel on edge.
It's interesting how the name for one food item can have so many different regional/national variations!