Pikelets

Pikelets, the Welsh cousins of crumpets, are classic British breakfast fare. The glory of them is in the pattern of small holes on their surface, which means they can take a satisfyingly large amount of butter before they become saturated and the butter drips down your arm. They are not only good for breakfast but are also excellent toasted as a late-night snack, and any leftovers would have been happily consumed by servants in a house such as Downton—by the early 1920s possibly even using