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OwnedByGreyhounds@reddit

They are a pretty standard option at hotels that do a buffet breakfast

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CindersHonner123@reddit

That is a very good question , which i now also desperately want the answer to.

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YchYFi@reddit

It's because they aren't a popular item at all. I worked in a cafe when I was younger that did them and it wasn't ordered if at all.

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Zenafa@reddit

It's probably because they're so easy to do at home, it's like just ordering toast

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YchYFi@reddit

Toast is way more popular to order. I don't think many people eat crumpets at breakfast.

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Stuzo@reddit

Is that supply or demand though? If crumpets were on the menu everywhere, could they become as popular as toast?

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YchYFi@reddit

The only way to do that would be to test the water in a place like Wetherspoons who could then try and create demand.

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FergingtonVonAwesome@reddit

But you probably need bread and a toaster already if you're doing cafe food. You'd be buying the crumpets in especially.

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Stuzo@reddit

The argument for already having a toaster applies to crumpets too: You've already got a toaster so you may as well toast crumpets.

I was going to make an argument that if you have a toaster and you make pancakes then offering crumpets requires no new ingredients and no new equipment ...but then I read a recipe and remembered that you have to prep the batter and leave it for the yeast to do it's thing, but not leave it for too long that it does too much of it's thing.

I'm going to revise my advice and say: If you've got a toaster and your cafe is next door to a Tesco Express, there's no reason not to have crumpets on the menu :)

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kittykat7931@reddit

I have never considered this and now I fear it is going to loop in my brain all day…. I like a toasted crumpet, lots of butter, strawberry jam and a slice of a good mature cheddar for my breakfast.

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man-flu@reddit

Jam and cheese is underrated

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J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A@reddit

I've not met many people who have tried jam and cheese together.

Definitely an underrated combo.

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autobulb@reddit

Cheese with some sweetness only seems to come up in some specific situations like honey on pizza, dried fruit in brie. But it's such a winning combination. My favourite is quince paste with some cheese. Sadly only M&S seems to sell it near me and they charge a hefty amount for a tiny sliver. I also like to add a small bowl of honey to drizzle over some cheeses when I make a cheese board.

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YchYFi@reddit

Put some marmite on it.

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spik0rwill@reddit

Butter and jam? Ewwww.. I know I'll get downvoted!

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sv21js@reddit

That’s like the most classic combination possible

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spik0rwill@reddit

I know haha I was expecting my opinion to be very unpopular! I only like butter on toasted bread by itself or with marmite.

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kittykat7931@reddit

Everyone is entitled to your own opinion however I will disagree with you. My sister will spread her topping straight onto toast but I just can’t stomach that. I need the butter!! All I’ve eaten for the last two days is hot buttered toast as I’ve not been feeling great and it is heavenly….

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ilikeyourgetup@reddit

I’m with you 100% on this, if I’m having jam on toast I’m not having butter with it.

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Chemical_News9324@reddit

That's definitely the most unpopular opinion 😆😂 they taste heavenly with butter and jam

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PetersMapProject@reddit

There's a food truck called The Crumpeteers, but they are unusual

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blue_rizla@reddit

I dunno tbh, it’s a good question.

My guess is that they’re more difficult to make from scratch, and people probably wouldn’t pay for heated up ones from a packet. Warburton’s have pretty much nailed the crumpet, and a packet of 6 is what, £2? So difficult for a cafe to charge £3.99 for them when everyone knows exactly where they got them from, but you can’t charge 50p and stay in business.

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Sea-Leave2077@reddit

I dunno, you regularly see toast on the menu and most places aren’t making their own bread. Buy the crumpets that fit your clientele. I think people out breakfast out to be somewhere else, it’s never cost effective

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blue_rizla@reddit

Slight difference is that the bread is there anyway, being used for bacon sandwiches etc and as part of fry-ups. The crumpets would only be sold by themselves.

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slippery-pineapple@reddit

To pick a more similar example, most places don't make their own toasted teacakes but they're still sold in lots of cafes

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CharlotteElsie@reddit

Maybe a teacake is seen as more of a treat, because it is sweet (and has “cake” in the title) so psychologically people are more likely to “treat themselves” to a teacake than they are a crumpet? (No idea if this is true, I’m just musing.)

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blue_rizla@reddit

Hmmm, that’s true.

Maybe it’s the ubiquity of packets of crumpets then? I think if I went in to a petrol station or a corner shop, decent chance they have crumpets next to the bread, but I reckon most won’t have teacakes?

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slippery-pineapple@reddit

That implies more people like crumpets than tea cakes though, which further confuses the matter

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ScruBB5@reddit

H'mm ,Pikelets maybe ? at Betty's?

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Forbidden_Cheese1@reddit

Crumpets could be incorporated more though. Think eggs Benedict but on a crumpet.

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Ok_Introduction_1882@reddit

We have muffins for eggs Benedict or Florentine where I work but I don't think anyone s ever asked for one just by itself?? No one s ever asked for a boiled egg either which is my favourite breakfast.

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Total_Departures@reddit

Nope, not in an afternoon tea.

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Sea-Leave2077@reddit

True, but they can be frozen, so it’d be a risk free move to stick them on the menu.

Afternoon tea isn’t my thing either. Think it’s generally dainty sandwiches and cakes though so they’d need small crumpets, and you definitely wouldn’t be able to pop them in the toaster

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Red_749@reddit

Presumably toast is on the menu because they have the bread and toaster anyway for other things on the menu so it’s not an extra cost to have just toast as an option.

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ilikeyourgetup@reddit

Warburton’s have pretty much nailed the crumpet, and a packet of 6 is what, £1.50?

Pack of 9 is like £1.20, the 6s have got to be £1 or thereabouts.

Own brand are a massive step down, I don’t know how Warburton’s do it but everyone else’s taste of cardboard.

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Tasty-Committee-8172@reddit

This \^\^\^. Pretty much the only food item I stick to the big brand for. Supermarket crumpets are inedible.

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

People are paying a fiver for a bowl of cereal, they'll pay £3+ for a couple of crumpets.

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Worth_Kangaroo_6900@reddit

45p for a packet of 6 from sainsos. The sourdough one is about £3 max.

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spoo4brains@reddit

Crumpets are one thing you should never skimp on with cheap own brand stuff, Warburtons or don't bother.

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Magic__Man@reddit

Wholeheartedly disagree. I smother them in so much butter i truly cannot tell the different between the cheapest own brand and any other.

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Worth_Kangaroo_6900@reddit

All of the butter. And jam.

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Kaiisim@reddit

It's this. They're a cheap supermarket staple.

But also to make them correctly actually takes a long time. 5-6 minutes to toast, then the butter needs to be melted properly, and by then you're losing money.

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No-Extension-2378@reddit

We have a local cafe that serves crumpets, and there's actually a woman barred from there for being too demanding about butter quantity.

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TMI2020@reddit

I pitched the idea of a crumpet cafe to my missus, because they’re so versatile and obviously very tasty. She just laughed in my face. Hopes and dreams crushed.

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No-Extension-2378@reddit

I'm in.

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Known-Veterinarian-2@reddit

The large Tesco cafe at Gateshead does a weird dish of southern fried chicken, streaky bacon, chilli jam, spring onions, coriander, chilli flakes and maple drizzle on crumpets! Not had it but it stuck in mind (though I did have to Google the online menu to get the full ingredients list)

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PomPomBumblebee@reddit

I remember having some or similar at Betty's tearoom in Harrogate about 20 years ago.

That's the last time I remember eating them outside of my house or my parents.

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shortymcsteve@reddit

Scottish crumpets would also go well on a menu, but again I never see those anywhere. Now I want one with raisins.

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Mammoth-Pollution705@reddit

It's a rare culinary thing where the mass produced Warburtons are just better than any "home made" ive tried in a cafe or making my own (i'm a chef). It would be perfect as an option on a fry up instead of toast or fried bread, but convincing the public to pay £6 for a poached egg on a crumpet is a lot harder sell than a slice of artisan sourdough i guess

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tt-23@reddit

And why aren’t crumpet burgers a thing?

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electact@reddit

they are in my house

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Forbidden_Cheese1@reddit

Replace the burger with a fancy chicken Kiev (the ones that are just a sliced chicken breast and not meat mash). This would slap. All that garlic butter seeping through the crumpet.

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Mammoth-Pollution705@reddit

hell yeah

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nothingandnemo@reddit

Wise sensei, you have opened my eyes!

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jaynoj@reddit

Supply & demand.

If people aren't demanding them, nobody is supplying them.

Demand your crumpet!

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Georgeshair@reddit

Premier Inn usually have them as part of their all you can eat breakfasts.

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pinnnsfittts@reddit

Several brunch places near me have crumpets, topped with stuff like halloumi & jalapeno salsa or smoked brisket.

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RazzmatazzFit2723@reddit

Crumpets are for tea, not breakfast, it's the law in the UK

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txteva@reddit

Who has crumpets for tea?

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Illustrious-Air-7777@reddit

Absolutely this!

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secretlondon@reddit

Noo

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Terrible_Birthday107@reddit

I went to a posh London restaurant for a meeting in Soho with some business associates/colleagues, some of whom I was meeting for the first time. Anyway, we all simultaneously realised that they had CRUMPETS! With JAM! On offer. Cue four professionals north of 30 all gleefully ordering plates and plates of the things. They were homemade and it was glorious! Social awkwardness gone in moments. You try having airs when you've got butter running down your chin...

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toroferney@reddit

There’s one that does round the corner from me. I’m not giving out my address but Ribble Valley area. I’ve googled a few more in the next town on and they also serve them. You can have butter or /and strawberry or blackcurrant conserve.

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clrthrn@reddit

There used to be a cafe in York that did Wensleydale on crumpets with onion jam and they were just incredible. I make that for myself whenever I can as it's a god tier snack.

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This-Detail4213@reddit

Crab crumpets were a thing in restaurants a few years ago. A sort of Welsh rarebit with crab meat as I recall. Excellent idea, I'm sold on the crumpet Kiev burger

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Doughnut2220@reddit

We make eggy bread with crumpets instead of bread, it's awesome!

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orange_fudge@reddit

I’ve had brunch crumpets with bacon and mascarpone, I’ve had an after-dinner crumpet cheese board with pickled walnut and Baron bigod, I’ve had a simple honey crumpet with handmade butter and local honey.

They do get served and they can be made more fancy!

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TheRealVinosity@reddit

I'm an insomniac Brit living in Bolivia.

I am slowly starting to get the Bolivianos into crumpets.

It's not easy, as many people here do not have toasters at home.

Anyway... a few months ago, I made sesame prawn crumpets, for shits and giggles.

That prawn paste, oozing into the holes...

It went down a treat.

(not an original idea; I'm sure I was influenced)

Sorry; rather off topic.

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Plaisteach@reddit

There’s a place near me that does eggs royale/benedict/etc using crumpets as the base.

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DogfaceZed@reddit

maybe because they grow mould so fast compared to bread?

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Imstuckintheupsdedwn@reddit

Cos they’re shit.

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shuffling_crabwise@reddit

I guess cheaper places will be more traditional greasy spoon options. If you want small, you'll get toast and jam or something for very cheap, instead of spending exton a crumpet.

In more expensive places where stuff if cooked fresh, they're a bit of a pain to make. Take much longer to cook than a pancake, and you have to watch them more carefully. They also need the little rings to cook them in, which may need to be washed between batches. Too much faff for the money people would pay.

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ConfusedMaverick@reddit

Thornham Deli on the north Norfolk coast is the only place I have ever seen serving them. With marmite, too!

I suspect they were home made, they were outstanding.

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psj3809@reddit

You're gonna hate me but as someone who hates cheese/butter type of stuff, i LOVE salad cream on crumpets. Come on don't pull that face, don't knock it till you've tried it !!

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whatanabsolutefrog@reddit

That sounds vile I'm sorry 😭

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psj3809@reddit

Join me ! Just try it out and you 'might might' think yeah this isn't that bad

You know you want to !

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trustmeimabuilder@reddit

I always think I like crumpets more than I actually do. However, I love a proper muffin. What's all this cakes being called muffins business?

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DoctorRaulDuke@reddit

normal cafes serve them on the menu along with scones and teacakes, crumpets are my standard choice in a cafe.

never a breakfast cafe though, but then again crumpets are an afternoon tea item really.

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louisesarahp@reddit

I don't know but one of my favourite food stalls at Glastonbury is a crumpet van. Cooked fresh with a choice of toppings. Last year my friend and i walked a 40 minute round trip specifically to go to that stall.l, one peanut butter, one biscoff. So if you start a crumpet cafe. I'll be there.

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butt3rflycaught@reddit

Thankfully my local cafe in Hebden Bridge serve crumpets but there’s definitely not enough cafes doing so.

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Crafty_Reflection410@reddit

Ivy cafes used to do a giant crumpet with marmite butter. It was great

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BananaHomunculus@reddit

Only place I've seen em was the lake district and had it with eggs and haggis

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PipkinsHartley@reddit

When I was a kid in the 70s I remember 'tea rooms' having an extensive menu of toasted things, crumpets, muffins, tea cakes, doorstep toast, Welsh rarebit etc That seems to have been replaced by 'afternoon tea' type of set ups. Time to go back I think.

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thekittysays@reddit

I miss proper tea room cafes. They're few and far between now and have been replaced by coffee shops, which don't have the same nice feel to me.

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DeemonPankaik@reddit

They have quite a short shelf life, they probably wouldn't sell enough to justify buying in bulk

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Past-Anything9789@reddit

It's especially bizarre when toasted (aka inevitably anemic) teacakes are always available.

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Crookfur@reddit

Premier Inn/Beefeater have crumpets as part of thier selfserve breakfast buffet stuff. I'm sure I've seen them as part of buffet/continental breakfasts/brunches in other places.

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Dervona@reddit

My go to brunch place sells crumpets as a section in their menu so I don't think they are that unusual?

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PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit

I think your go to is a rarity.

I'm a 30 year old woman in London so am therefore at a brunch most weeks and have never seen a crumpet on a menu.

So I'm sure they're on some menus. But I suspect very few.

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herne_hunted@reddit

Perhaps it's a midlands thing but the cafes in Dunelm Mills sell them.

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Dervona@reddit

I just had a Google and found 2 more cafes in town that sell them as well but yes, not common. I wonder if it is the shift away from the "greasy spoon" type cafe to the more "trendy" type places? We certainly have no shortage of eateries in Worcester now

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WillowTreeBark@reddit

Never thought about it... Now I desperately need answers.

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DeirdreBarstool@reddit

A valid question.

I’ve only ever seen crumpets on the menu once and that was as a starter on Christmas dinner. Bit weird if you ask me.

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Obvious-Water569@reddit

This is far too good a question for this sub.

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Rob_Cake@reddit

I love a bit of crumpet.

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splickety-lit@reddit

Probably because you couldn't charge much for them, and they're generally quite filling.

The image of a stack of crumpets besides croissants in a display does not compute in my head, but there's no reason it couldn't.

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

They’re not really part of a cooked breakfast in any part of the British Isles, which is what the traditional greasy spoon is centred around.

Don’t get me wrong, they’re nice enough to pop in the toaster at home, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for them on the road and would hardly consider them to be one of the greatest parts of British cuisine…

The full English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh/Whatever is an example of British cuisine, but a packet of crumpets is not.

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worldworn@reddit

Restaurants only sell things that enough people want to buy.

I would have to imagine that there isn't the demand from the public for it to be a regular item.

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