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Cock Womble 7
29,908 posts
100 months
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Anyway, it's "pikelet" not crumpet.
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HD Adam
1,677 posts
54 months
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I'm going to go a bit Health & Safety here but living in a house with 3 women who don't quite grasp concepts like electricity + knife, I invested in a set of these that now live next to the toaster.  Actually, we're on the 2nd set. The first set got burnt when they were immediately placed on the toaster for the duration of the crumpets, 
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Laurel Green
15,026 posts
102 months
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HD Adam said: Actually, we're on the 2nd set. The first set got burnt when they were immediately placed on the toaster for the duration of the crumpets, Bless! 
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Cock Womble 7
29,908 posts
100 months
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Or, just use plastic knives to get stuff out of toasters. No risk of electromacution there.
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Oakey
13,826 posts
86 months
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If the crumpets are stuck.. I assume they are done and the toaster is likely to be hot... in which case shoving plastic in doesn't seem the greatest idea to me. Unless you guys like plastic on your crumpets?
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jmorgan
17,248 posts
154 months
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This I have not done personally, but the result was a flame cooked burger. From frozen.....
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Cock Womble 7
29,908 posts
100 months
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Oakey said: If the crumpets are stuck.. I assume they are done and the toaster is likely to be hot... in which case shoving plastic in doesn't seem the greatest idea to me. Unless you guys like plastic on your crumpets? Sometimes, it's actually a waste of a parrot.
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Oakey
13,826 posts
86 months
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Cock Womble 7 said: Sometimes, it's actually a waste of a parrot. you'd think that would work but I find the beak to big to reach in and grab the crumpet.
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WarrenG
168 posts
67 months
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HD Adam said: I'm going to go a bit Health & Safety here but living in a house with 3 women who don't quite grasp concepts like electricity + knife, I invested in a set of these that now live next to the toaster. Actually, we're on the 2nd set. The first set got burnt when they were immediately placed on the toaster for the duration of the crumpets, Awesome. I just bought some, my wife is lethal with hot cross buns.
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NDA
10,257 posts
95 months
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croyde said: Our electricity just went. Turns out my 9 year old stuck a knife in the toaster because he couldn't get a crumpet out. I have always told them to leave the toaster, hob, oven etc alone.
Thank fek the circuit tripped.
Warning for other parents out there. We lost a toaster in similar circumstances recently....
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markmullen
12,588 posts
104 months
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You can use metal knives in a toaster, it just demands a steady hand and a degree of brinksmanship
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Jimmy No Hands
1,860 posts
26 months
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Pfft did you guys never play Operation while growing up? That wasn't a game that was training.
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LordFlathead
7,995 posts
128 months
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HD Adam said: I'm going to go a bit Health & Safety here but living in a house with 3 women who don't quite grasp concepts like electricity + knife, I invested in a set of these that now live next to the toaster. Actually, we're on the 2nd set. The first set got burnt when they were immediately placed on the toaster for the duration of the crumpets, That's just daft. encouraging kids to stick stuff in the toaster as daddy does and fish around. It makes it more likely to cause damage to the element or the mica which holds the element which means you would then have a loose live wire floating around in your toaster  Here's what we do: - Toast/roll/bap gets stuck - put it on for another couple of cycles.
- Bread becomes carbon and is smaller
- Turn toaster off at the wall, turn toaster upside down and shake contents out onto a large tray.
If the toaster continues to jam, throw it away and buy a decent toaster like a Dualit classic Simples. No knives, special implements, electric shocks etc.
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mildmannered
567 posts
23 months
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Oakey said: Cock Womble 7 said: Sometimes, it's actually a waste of a parrot. you'd think that would work but I find the beak to big to reach in and grab the crumpet. (x 2)
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ArtVandelay
5,730 posts
54 months
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LeeMad
978 posts
23 months
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LordFlathead said: That's just daft. encouraging kids to stick stuff in the toaster as daddy does and fish around. It makes it more likely to cause damage to the element or the mica which holds the element which means you would then have a loose live wire floating around in your toaster Here's what we do: - Toast/roll/bap gets stuck - put it on for another couple of cycles.
- Bread becomes carbon and is smaller
- Turn toaster off at the wall, turn toaster upside down and shake contents out onto a large tray.
If the toaster continues to jam, throw it away and buy a decent toaster like a Dualit classic Simples. No knives, special implements, electric shocks etc. Bit ott. Encouraging your kids to burn or discard things that become an inconvenience? Hope they don't bear this in mind when you get old and they've got to pick a nursing home...
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iva cosworth
7,134 posts
33 months
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ArtVandelay said: Unplug the toaster first <Tuts> It took 2 HOURS for the sensible answer
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Fatboy
7,292 posts
142 months
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HD Adam said: I'm going to go a bit Health & Safety here but living in a house with 3 women who don't quite grasp concepts like electricity + knife, I invested in a set of these that now live next to the toaster. Actually, we're on the 2nd set. The first set got burnt when they were immediately placed on the toaster for the duration of the crumpets, Fot pity's sake, for the good of the species, smother them in their sleep...
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croyde
Original Poster
8,957 posts
100 months
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LordFlathead said: That's just daft. encouraging kids to stick stuff in the toaster as daddy does and fish around. It makes it more likely to cause damage to the element or the mica which holds the element which means you would then have a loose live wire floating around in your toaster Here's what we do: - Toast/roll/bap gets stuck - put it on for another couple of cycles.
- Bread becomes carbon and is smaller
- Turn toaster off at the wall, turn toaster upside down and shake contents out onto a large tray.
If the toaster continues to jam, throw it away and buy a decent toaster like a Dualit classic Simples. No knives, special implements, electric shocks etc. That's the problem, it is an old Dualit but the slots are so narrow that thick bread, crumpets and bagels are a squeeze at the best.
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ArtVandelay
5,730 posts
54 months
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iva cosworth said: ArtVandelay said: Unplug the toaster first <Tuts> It took 2 HOURS for the sensible answer It's part of my job 
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