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DescriptionThe Coal range griddle. I won a few awards at the Blaketown school fair for my griddle scones and pikelets. I cooked on our coalrange..I`ve never been able to make them like that since.
Map[1] ContributorHeather Newby
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Date Created30th June 2019CommentsHeather Newby the best for making pikelets.I miss my pikelets.
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Alaine Bright I remember this from my childhood, dad used to make the best pikelets on the Rayburn I've never been able to replicate since
Maye Dunn We still have one at the bach..
Leslie McKendry You need the griddle, it will work on an electric range or even a BBQ. But one cannot make pikelets or scones in a frypan as I have learnt (the hard way)
Maxine Hales Saunders Brings back memories,mum even cooked white bait patties on it.!
Heather Newby Leslie McKendry youre so right, I have made pikelets a lot in the frypan but they are not the same.
Noreen Gma We would sit around coal range and eat as they come off, perfect on a cold day in Cobden.
Carolyn Bisley A wonderful ol girdle. How I'd love one of them!
Gordon McIntosh Still have my mother's old griddle - or girdle, as we called it... and my father's old camp oven!
Carole N Brent Shefford Next time your'e in Greymouth Heather get some pikelets from Blanchfields Bakery, they are as close as you get to the home made ones ;)
Anne Hines I've got one....
Allan Denny My mum and dad still use there's and cook of the coal range
Deborah Taylor Mum always made hers on the coal range on a girdle, sometimes scones too.
Don Hutton Hot buttered girdle scones with strawberry jam and whipped cream....yum!
Sheena Russell Yip remember this icon dad used to make the best fried bread ever plus great steak to yip couldn't beat mums scones and pikelets best ever
Heather Newby We used to make pikelets in animal and people shapes
Noreen Gma That was the last bit of mixture for us to play with. Girdle scones and pikelets with fresh made raspberry jam.
Paul Thomas I have griddle scones on a daily basis at the Bearded Miners Reefton. Baked on the griddle on the open fire of the Slab Hut. The scones go well with Manuka Honey, Golden Syrup or Apricot & Ginger Jam
Jenny Leach Mum had one of these an were great on the coal range for pikelets
Christine Pointon Yep, I think Mum still has hers in cupboard and brings it out to use on gas range
Margaret Moore Griddle scones were the best. We used to make pikelets in animal shapes to.
Cynthia McCaughan Still got mine and use it too
Patricia Herd The girdle, best pike lets on a coal range. I had one until above a year ago and the old boy cleaned out the shed and sent stuff to scrap metal. That went too, his excuse was that it was no good on the
Don Hutton Heather Newby Whoops! Sorry! I should have known better - griddle rather than girdle!
Vicki Smith I have one too. I still use the same old recipe for pikelets that has been in the family for years. Apparently many years ago a set of 3 white china mixing bowls was what every household had, and the recipe said to use the middle sized one. Beat 2 eggs…See More
Carol Stewart The fried scones in our home usually made by my Dad for Sunday night tea were called puftaloons. Yummy with butter and golden syrup.
Glynnis Gutteridge we always had piklets or scones made on the griddle, on the coal range, sunday lunch was always a roast, cooked in the coal oven, :D
Glynnis Gutteridge the scones were for sunday nights tea :D
Jenny Jones We still have couple of them .
Pauline Hadfield If I remember rightly, Mum's "breakfast cup" measurement was a normal cup as heaped as you could possibly make it...
Lois Tombs I have fond memories of my mother making griddle scones and piklets ,I also have one but can't make as good as my Mum
Karen Evans The modern version of the griddle is an electric crepe maker. Makes great pikelets, pancakes crepes. However have good memories of pikelets being made on the griddle on the old coal range too!
LikeMarilyn Paterson Wonderful for pikelets but we always called ours a Girdle!!
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki A girdle here too I had one till a few years ago.My grandmother used to make yummy girdle scones..
Rose Weiler My mother had one, used to make awesome griddle scones
Jenny Gifford Wish I had one - best griddle scones and pikelets ever with one of these
Raewyn Louttit Oh my so many memories come back
Nina Townsend stil use mine & very proud of my grand dorta whom built a fire & used the griddle to cook her white bait patties wen the camper stove run out of gasJohn Morel I can still remember eating them straight of the griddle. Best taste ever. As fast as mum made them, we ate them. LolHeather Taylor scones and pikelets for tea sunday night remember helping mum cook on it still hav hers
Sarah Ashby I inherated one of these & it's fantastic for beach damper! (y)
Joy Baker I saw one of these the other day in the Dunedin Hospice Shop for $60. I was tempted at the time. Loved griddle scones.
Jean-Marie Taylor Maybe it's because you don't have a coalrange? They are grantor warming up cold lambs. I remember having a coalrange in Rintoul street growing up
Susan Ward Our nana made the best potatoe scones on one of these. Yum
Helen Hadland Love it!
Jenny Gifford Fresh home made Raspberry jam and the fresh cream from Thompsons farm at Ross, yummy.
Sue Ca They made the best girdle scoes n piklets forsure
Ann Selander I have one
Pete Lusk Pretty sure Scots used the word girdle, others griddle. Im told the blacksmith at Millerton made a girdle for any couple getting married up there.
Glenn Johnston We still use one regularly but on an induction cooktop these days.
Brian McIntyre Parents had one. Griddle scones were great
Jo-Anne Sunbeam I have one in my pantry.
Pauline Matene Yes I agree, different taste altogether, yummy
Mary Hopkins Mum made them also yum
Geoffrey Bell Girdle scones are made on a griddle. I
Maye Dunn We had a massive one at Barrytown...I wonder what ever became of it.
Patricia Stephens My mum use make pikelets and scones on one these
Cedric Trounson always worked well on coal range. Interesting how the name changes with some people. I have always known it a a griddle, but some people call it A GIRDLe
Kleah Boyd I still have one up in storage.. still use it for griddle scones n pikletes when im in a house...
Dorothy Wills My mum had one of these I used it a little many years ago I often wonder nowadays what happened to it can’t remember
Helen Joan Forrest I do remember griddle scones. Ca
Lorraine O'Donoghue Still have mine.
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Bob Laing
Bob Laing My grandmother Daisy Kemp had one. The scones and picklets were to die for. A hot griddle scone, butter runny with homemade raspberry jam. Heaven
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Fred Nuttall
Fred Nuttall Chef that I am (RNZAF), it was Dad who taught me how to make girdle scones and pancakes. Raised in the King Country, farmer and goldminer, he knew how to cook. He also had a belt-driven Indian. Loved bikes
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Mark Burgess
Mark Burgess in the latter years we could actually cook our griddle scones straight on the hotplates of the coal range, we discovered this on the coal range we put into the house in Russell St
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Toni Wickett
Toni Wickett Too this day I'm still upset that mine got stolen while I was in labour. Best crepes and pancakes I maked
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Jo Wickett
Jo Wickett Yep sure do.. I managed to find one.. lol am keeping it
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Rochelle Hayden Terris
Rochelle Hayden Terris I've still got my parents one they're great
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Jenny Leach
Jenny Leach we had one of these they were wonderful dad used to scones on this an it always was hanging up near the coal range real good memories
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Shona Ratana
Shona Ratana We had a coal range which provided heating and cooking and our Mum made scones, pancakes on the top plate using a girdle most weekends as with many lunches needed for Dads crib and school lunches,baking was necessary as we could not buy bread over the weekend. (And then freezers came along. such joy? I have a girdle today and its useful for making pancakes on a BBQ.
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Lana Vargas
Lana Vargas I wish I had one. Aunty Olga made the best pullers in the world.
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Lana Vargas
Lana Vargas Oops!! Wrong word. Pikelets
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Ruth Naylor
Ruth Naylor I still have one.
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Robin James
Robin James Have one
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Anne Brown
Anne Brown We had one Kumara for our pikers cooked on the coalrange.
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Carol Weir
Carol Weir I had my mums until we left Nz to come to Australia. They made the best picklets.
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Trish Rennie
Trish Rennie Was a standard piece of equipment for me ....cooked on a coal range for 40 years and became a dab hand at it...pancakes,pikelets,girdle scones never the same on an electric range and neither is a roast ,sponge or scones...Give me a coal fired range any day!
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Judy Ramsay
Judy Ramsay i still have one here
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Trish Rennie
Trish Rennie Me too Judy Ramsay
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Lynnette-George Robertson
Lynnette-George Robertson We have 2 off them
Sharyn Lodge Mum used hers all the time. Don't know what happened to it :(
Gae Galway I think most our Mum's had one Sharyn. Not sure where Mum's disappeared to.
Rosemary Neame They were great. Lucky you Lynnette having two.
Joy Drake We had one too Seemed to be one of the standard bits of equipment with the coal range.
Don McIntyre Still got ours
Donald Levy Have one
Raewyn Louttit Over scones on it Mum used to make
Dawn Jack Fearn We had one when we were on the farm and it got well used
Lorraine O'Donoghue Still have mine.
Robyn Halkett Yep. Mine sitting here up front in the bus!
Marion Maxwell Dad used one all the time.. did steak and all on it..
Wendy Roberts My mum used to have one Wayne Leckie
Pikelets yum
Wayne Leckie
Beryl Heperi
I still have one. My Mum used to make beautiful girdle scones and pikelets on it .
Glenn Johnston
We still use one on an induction cook top. Think it was my grandmothers.
June Edwards
And you make the best piglets Beryl Piklets next visit
Don McIntyre
Still got one was my nan Munden’s one from out the kopara when they lived on the farm till they sold up in 1959 and I use it still I also still have her cast iron frypan which gets used all the time yaa can’t beat cast iron for even cooking
Beryl Heperi
Thanks June.Look forward to your visit.
Betty Tindale
Still have one took with us when working in the mountains .
Lois Iacoppi
Every home had one
Debbie Ansett
Nana would make scones on it on the coal range on a Wednesday afternoon and would have her friends around for afternoon tea. I loved them cold with cheese. Great memories .
Wendy Bruce
I managed to find a griddle years ago but they don’t work on an electric hob. Best pikelets are made on a griddle.
Lana Vargas
My Aunty Olga Dunn made the best pickets on one of those.
Margaret Standen
Mum had one and also the heavy gem makers.
Christine O'Connell
I tried a scone at the bearded miners in Reefton a few years back. It was lovely
Jenny Jones
I have two they are the best .
Gae Galway
They were great for pikelets that my Mum made and I used one when we were first married. Not sure what happened to it.
Nina Townsend
My grand dorta used mine to make white bait patties on the river. She wanted a feed & we were outa gas in the camper must say I was proud she was only 11
Maureen McCrimmon
Yummy, mum used to make piklets on the griddle
Trish Rennie
Still have ours...used it for 40 years on a coal range , best girdle scones,pikelets and pancakes. Putting in a new kitchen now so with new technology will be using it once more on an induction cook top..
Myron Caldwell
I married an Aucklander. We went to Reefton where Mum always cooked on a coal range and she did everything you wanted. My wife couldn't operate this old fashion stuff, so Dad popped up to Seymours and bought a small electric rangette. These City gir…
Glenda O'Donnell
I remember that we had one mum use it to make pan cake s on it they are good to have
Jenny Leach
yes we had one mum used to make beauiful pikelets and scones also dad used to make fried scones they were yum
Jeff Sutherland
I have a couple of good old ones,,, if anyone is interested
Mark Burgess
I love an old griddle not sure if anyone has the good oldies
Phyllis Aberhart
Best thing out
Sandra Douglas
Yes I’ve got ours Jen
Phil Millar My Mum had one of these and made Picklets on it,she was a Provis from the Landing!
Frank ODonnell I still have one that are great
Noel Fagerlund My Mother and Grandmother had one each best scones I have ever tasted
John Freeman We still have one !
Alison Knight I still have one
oeline McCaughan I had one for 40-odd years, my daughter has it now, I'm not certain how old it is, it was originally my husbands grandparents one ( they married in 1891), then his mother used it all her married life, it came to us in 1970., still going well.
Jo Wickett I have one and will be using it on the road for making biscuits. Have trialled and they are great
Tania Newman Still have mine though no coal range as yet. Miss my Rayburn Royale
Yvonne Mirfin So did my mum made lovely scones yummy x
Anne Honey My granny had one and taught me on the coal range.
Martin Griffin Piklets
Irene Lines Got one in the cupboard.
Donald Levy still use mine
Margaret Grant Often wonder where mums went too.
Miriama Lance Johnsen I regret giving mine griddle away
Karen Burrows Miriama Lance Johnsen yeah I do too.
Jan Sowman Wow mum used one of them I remember
Shona Ratana Don't know where ours went However bought one a few years back Still works well and has a special place in my lounge Happy memories Pikelet and girdle scones always delicious.
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Raewyn Louttit My mum used to make scones they were beautiful
Grant Haworth I still use my grandmother's at work doing pancakes with bacon bananas and maple syrup
Grant Haworth Dave Lyes will do some for you one day soon if you get a chance to get out to the cafe
Steve Jones Haven't seen one for years remember mums one well she made the best pikelets ever.lol we all say the same about our mothers they made the best.
Christine Jones Steve Jones she did make the best
Alison Mackenzie Still use one to make pikelets on the range
Aleck Byers Ive still got a griddle havnt used it for a while but always keep it handy
Pete Doncliff And yes it is a "Griddle".....not a "Girdle"!!!!!
Marilyn Ramsay My mother had one she made awesome pikelets on it
Kevin Voigt girdile scones my mum good realy make these even if she had other problems
to make pikelets on my grandmothers one. Wish I had it now.
Viv Butcher I've got one can't use it on my electric stovetop..Have used it on bbq on the grill side
Linda Sullivan I have for sale if any one is interested
Dianne Johnson I remember the beautiful griddle scones made by my grandmother, they were soooo good.
Heather Newby Dianne Johnson yes.. Mum made griddle scones too
Deborah Taylor My mum always used one on her coal range when we were kids and into our adult hood.
Jenny Bannerman I would give my eye teeth to have one of them
Lynnette Walford Mum had one in Denniston,best scones ever,don't know what happened to it..
Mark Burgess that would have been one of the older original ones, before the Greymouth foundry started to remake them, the remakes were lighter to start with.
Annette Rosanowski Mum had one, was always called a girdle though
John Rosanowski Yes, Annette. Was going to say Grannie Ladner said Girdle too.
Wendy Gilmour Mum used one on the coal range
Louise Blair My dad uses it while white baiting. I made some mean spam toastys on it last year.
Ann Selander
I have one in out garden
Carrol Hunter
Sadly $ 100 to buy a new one smaller than that I Have been looking
Wayne Allan Webb
I still use mine on a very regular basis . Got it out of a scrap metal pile . I couldn't believe what I had found . Ofcorse I take it camping too .
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Heather Newby
thats a good find!
Noeline McCaughan I note that everyone of the comments detailing what was cooked refer to either pikelets, scones or pancakes. The griddle was also used to cook meat, grilled chops or a piece of steak or even the ubiquitous sausage. I also seen tomatoes, whitebait patties and mushrooms done to perfection on them as well.
Vern Pattinson
Mum had one
Karen Potter
Shelley has mum's. She makes lovely pikelets.
Margaret Chamberlain
Girdle scone Brian not as fluffy and also very nice
Annette Rosanowski
It’s a girdle not a griddle
Christine Brown
If this is called a GRIDDLE PLATE? Why does some people call the scones cooked on it GIRDLE scones? Isnt a Girdle what women have worn as an undergarment?
Alan Beck
Did Blaketown have cooking/woodwork as at Canty Educ Dept, High Street for Grey Main?
Anne Honey
Piklets and scones were amazing
Anne Honey
Amazing
Brian McIntyre
What do you call those scones that dont really rise to a peak. Pretty much stay flat
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Carole Holley
Fond memories, Mum used to make piglets on her girdle & my kids lined up for teddy bear piglets she made.
Elizabeth Mehrtens
Whow my Nana and Mum had one this was the only way I knew how to make picklets until we were introduced to electric when we moved to Hokitika
Steve Jones
I would to have one now any 4 sale ?
Steve Jones
Yup mum had one
Fred Foster
Best pikelets
Marilyn Paterson
I’ve still got one somewhere.
Val Baker
I would love another one of these makes best scones
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Jude Nicoll
Used to love my mother's girdle scones made on one of these, for Sunday tea, and her pikelets
Mary Scott
Both my Grandmothers had one of these and made the most amazing piklets
Tony Warner
Best way to make pikelets
Jenny Leach
Looked everywhere for one of these
Dylan Duff
May be an image of 1 person and dartboard
Charil Milne
I have one great for making griddle scones
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Robert Wilson
I've cooked and seen some meals cooked on these,
Monica Williams
I still own one. My dear friend restored it for me and it’s just beautiful
Shona Campbell
Pikelets and girdle scones cooked on one are favourites in our house.
Ed Dando
Piklets
David Howe
My aunt used to make them just like you did Heather. Many things cooked in or on a coal range seemed to taste better. Roasts, scones, and those girdle scones.
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
Shona Ratana
Mum made girdle scones and pikelets on our coal range. lovely. Grandmothers did this too often made on sundays ready for monday work and school lunches as there was no fresh bread available on Sundays.
Beryl Heperi
Still make pikelets on mine
Margaret Standen
Mum and Nan made the best piklets and girdle scones. Topped with blackberry jelly!
Murray Webber
I haveone exactly the same, was my mother's
Glenn Johnston
We still use one!
Lillian Munn
My mother made the most amazing pickets on these.
Malcolm Yorston
Mum used to cook piklets, girdle scones and potato scones on one
Wendy Aitchison
Girdle Scone my mum use to make them on one of those some how I left mine behind when I shifted back to Nelson but I still make them on hot hot plate as they are my favourites
Yum yum
Roy Bright
memories of my grandmother making pikelets on that too on the coalrange in Greymouth
Margaret Malloch
Great results tasted perfect
Helen Devine
posted ment to say pikelets
Marilyn Hopkins
Griddle scones
Sue Ca
Totally best scones n pikelets
Beryl Livermore
Can still remember my mum having one made picklets and griddle scones they were beautiful
Jamieson Colleen Rob
My mum made beaut scones pikelits.dear mum Kath prendergast
Margaret Mulloy
Made the best pikelets and girdle scones
Sandra Douglas
I hav one ..havnt quite mastered like mum did for her pikelits..or Dad for his scones
Tania Newman
Still have one
Colin Harman
Gave Mums one away when cleaning out the house after she had passed away, i don't know how many times i have regretted not making room to bring it back to Hopetoun Western Australia
Roger O'Regan
One in the garage somewhere!
Carrol Hunter
I looked for a similar griddle plate and the only one i could find made heavy duty was modern cast ? not as robust as old . was at Ballantynes CHCH $ 325 . So dont throw out old stuff it was the BEST
Barbara Scott
Mmmm griddle scones☺️
Lee Christie
Still use my grandmothers ! Bloody brilliant
Ian Miller
I could not believe how my grandmother made perfect pikelets on one of those on a coal range without even breathing hard or fiddling around with anything.
Vern Pattinson
We had one years ago
Phil Millar
I watched my MUM cooking Picklets on her one, those were he days when food tasted good and with real BUTTER !
Kenny Williams
Got one
Wendy James
My mum had one we did pikelets on it on cold range
Aleck Byers
Still got one
Kevin O'Regan
Pikelets coming when saw one of those babies come out
Gae Galway
My Mum also made wonderful pikelets on a gridle like this. I think most homes had one.
Helen Devine
Just used mine this morning to make pickles
George Gardner
Superb scones from our coal range oven. I've never cooked them anything like since with el or gas.
Caroline Dunlop
Mum had one of those. Made wonderful Pikelets on it and Grandma was a dab hand are girdle scones.
Joel Smith
Now that brings back fond memories of my Nana’s Girdle Scones
Karen Banks
Loved helping mum make pikelets on one of these!
Gordon McIntosh
I still have my mother's one...
Dean de Roo
I have one exactly the same at Kokiri
Kerry Molloy
i have one somewhere great for pikelets toasted sammies and fritters .
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
Sheri Wright
Best ever for pikelets
Bev Johnston
Makes yummy scones
Dorothy Wills
I had one of these that was my Mum’s but I have no idea what happened to it, it didn’t work very well on an electric stove, I only had a range tote for many years, but managed to cook for a family on 6 with no problem
Karen Mary Madgwick
Lot of picklets came off my grans griddle plate.
Happy days at Gran Hills in Waimangaroa...
Annette Rosanowski
It’s a girdle not a griddle
Jock Allen
Best Scones ever Used to stand next to mum waiting for one to be cooked then heaps of butter YUMMY
Grant Callaghan
Yes griddle is the American term.girdle in nz
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
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Fi Alloway
Margaret Grant Worth the weight in Gold aye!!!
Margaret Grant
Fi Alloway Hi Fi true and I've had a message from a friend who is giving me one gotta love fb
Roy Bright
memories of my grandmother making pikelets on that too on the coalrange in Greymouth
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Alaine Bright I remember this from my childhood, dad used to make the best pikelets on the Rayburn I've never been able to replicate since
Maye Dunn We still have one at the bach..
Leslie McKendry You need the griddle, it will work on an electric range or even a BBQ. But one cannot make pikelets or scones in a frypan as I have learnt (the hard way)
Maxine Hales Saunders Brings back memories,mum even cooked white bait patties on it.!
Heather Newby Leslie McKendry youre so right, I have made pikelets a lot in the frypan but they are not the same.
Noreen Gma We would sit around coal range and eat as they come off, perfect on a cold day in Cobden.
Carolyn Bisley A wonderful ol girdle. How I'd love one of them!
Gordon McIntosh Still have my mother's old griddle - or girdle, as we called it... and my father's old camp oven!
Carole N Brent Shefford Next time your'e in Greymouth Heather get some pikelets from Blanchfields Bakery, they are as close as you get to the home made ones ;)
Anne Hines I've got one....
Allan Denny My mum and dad still use there's and cook of the coal range
Deborah Taylor Mum always made hers on the coal range on a girdle, sometimes scones too.
Don Hutton Hot buttered girdle scones with strawberry jam and whipped cream....yum!
Sheena Russell Yip remember this icon dad used to make the best fried bread ever plus great steak to yip couldn't beat mums scones and pikelets best ever
Heather Newby We used to make pikelets in animal and people shapes
Noreen Gma That was the last bit of mixture for us to play with. Girdle scones and pikelets with fresh made raspberry jam.
Paul Thomas I have griddle scones on a daily basis at the Bearded Miners Reefton. Baked on the griddle on the open fire of the Slab Hut. The scones go well with Manuka Honey, Golden Syrup or Apricot & Ginger Jam
Jenny Leach Mum had one of these an were great on the coal range for pikelets
Christine Pointon Yep, I think Mum still has hers in cupboard and brings it out to use on gas range
Margaret Moore Griddle scones were the best. We used to make pikelets in animal shapes to.
Cynthia McCaughan Still got mine and use it too
Patricia Herd The girdle, best pike lets on a coal range. I had one until above a year ago and the old boy cleaned out the shed and sent stuff to scrap metal. That went too, his excuse was that it was no good on the
Don Hutton Heather Newby Whoops! Sorry! I should have known better - griddle rather than girdle!
Vicki Smith I have one too. I still use the same old recipe for pikelets that has been in the family for years. Apparently many years ago a set of 3 white china mixing bowls was what every household had, and the recipe said to use the middle sized one. Beat 2 eggs…See More
Carol Stewart The fried scones in our home usually made by my Dad for Sunday night tea were called puftaloons. Yummy with butter and golden syrup.
Glynnis Gutteridge we always had piklets or scones made on the griddle, on the coal range, sunday lunch was always a roast, cooked in the coal oven, :D
Glynnis Gutteridge the scones were for sunday nights tea :D
Jenny Jones We still have couple of them .
Pauline Hadfield If I remember rightly, Mum's "breakfast cup" measurement was a normal cup as heaped as you could possibly make it...
Lois Tombs I have fond memories of my mother making griddle scones and piklets ,I also have one but can't make as good as my Mum
Karen Evans The modern version of the griddle is an electric crepe maker. Makes great pikelets, pancakes crepes. However have good memories of pikelets being made on the griddle on the old coal range too!
LikeMarilyn Paterson Wonderful for pikelets but we always called ours a Girdle!!
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki A girdle here too I had one till a few years ago.My grandmother used to make yummy girdle scones..
Rose Weiler My mother had one, used to make awesome griddle scones
Jenny Gifford Wish I had one - best griddle scones and pikelets ever with one of these
Raewyn Louttit Oh my so many memories come back
Nina Townsend stil use mine & very proud of my grand dorta whom built a fire & used the griddle to cook her white bait patties wen the camper stove run out of gasJohn Morel I can still remember eating them straight of the griddle. Best taste ever. As fast as mum made them, we ate them. LolHeather Taylor scones and pikelets for tea sunday night remember helping mum cook on it still hav hers
Sarah Ashby I inherated one of these & it's fantastic for beach damper! (y)
Joy Baker I saw one of these the other day in the Dunedin Hospice Shop for $60. I was tempted at the time. Loved griddle scones.
Jean-Marie Taylor Maybe it's because you don't have a coalrange? They are grantor warming up cold lambs. I remember having a coalrange in Rintoul street growing up
Susan Ward Our nana made the best potatoe scones on one of these. Yum
Helen Hadland Love it!
Jenny Gifford Fresh home made Raspberry jam and the fresh cream from Thompsons farm at Ross, yummy.
Sue Ca They made the best girdle scoes n piklets forsure
Ann Selander I have one
Pete Lusk Pretty sure Scots used the word girdle, others griddle. Im told the blacksmith at Millerton made a girdle for any couple getting married up there.
Glenn Johnston We still use one regularly but on an induction cooktop these days.
Brian McIntyre Parents had one. Griddle scones were great
Jo-Anne Sunbeam I have one in my pantry.
Pauline Matene Yes I agree, different taste altogether, yummy
Mary Hopkins Mum made them also yum
Geoffrey Bell Girdle scones are made on a griddle. I
Maye Dunn We had a massive one at Barrytown...I wonder what ever became of it.
Patricia Stephens My mum use make pikelets and scones on one these
Cedric Trounson always worked well on coal range. Interesting how the name changes with some people. I have always known it a a griddle, but some people call it A GIRDLe
Kleah Boyd I still have one up in storage.. still use it for griddle scones n pikletes when im in a house...
Dorothy Wills My mum had one of these I used it a little many years ago I often wonder nowadays what happened to it can’t remember
Helen Joan Forrest I do remember griddle scones. Ca
Lorraine O'Donoghue Still have mine.
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Bob Laing My grandmother Daisy Kemp had one. The scones and picklets were to die for. A hot griddle scone, butter runny with homemade raspberry jam. Heaven
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Fred Nuttall
Fred Nuttall Chef that I am (RNZAF), it was Dad who taught me how to make girdle scones and pancakes. Raised in the King Country, farmer and goldminer, he knew how to cook. He also had a belt-driven Indian. Loved bikes
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Mark Burgess
Mark Burgess in the latter years we could actually cook our griddle scones straight on the hotplates of the coal range, we discovered this on the coal range we put into the house in Russell St
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Toni Wickett
Toni Wickett Too this day I'm still upset that mine got stolen while I was in labour. Best crepes and pancakes I maked
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Jo Wickett
Jo Wickett Yep sure do.. I managed to find one.. lol am keeping it
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Rochelle Hayden Terris
Rochelle Hayden Terris I've still got my parents one they're great
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Jenny Leach
Jenny Leach we had one of these they were wonderful dad used to scones on this an it always was hanging up near the coal range real good memories
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Shona Ratana
Shona Ratana We had a coal range which provided heating and cooking and our Mum made scones, pancakes on the top plate using a girdle most weekends as with many lunches needed for Dads crib and school lunches,baking was necessary as we could not buy bread over the weekend. (And then freezers came along. such joy? I have a girdle today and its useful for making pancakes on a BBQ.
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Lana Vargas
Lana Vargas I wish I had one. Aunty Olga made the best pullers in the world.
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Lana Vargas
Lana Vargas Oops!! Wrong word. Pikelets
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Ruth Naylor
Ruth Naylor I still have one.
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Robin James
Robin James Have one
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Anne Brown
Anne Brown We had one Kumara for our pikers cooked on the coalrange.
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Carol Weir
Carol Weir I had my mums until we left Nz to come to Australia. They made the best picklets.
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Trish Rennie
Trish Rennie Was a standard piece of equipment for me ....cooked on a coal range for 40 years and became a dab hand at it...pancakes,pikelets,girdle scones never the same on an electric range and neither is a roast ,sponge or scones...Give me a coal fired range any day!
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Judy Ramsay
Judy Ramsay i still have one here
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Trish Rennie
Trish Rennie Me too Judy Ramsay
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Lynnette-George Robertson
Lynnette-George Robertson We have 2 off them
Sharyn Lodge Mum used hers all the time. Don't know what happened to it :(
Gae Galway I think most our Mum's had one Sharyn. Not sure where Mum's disappeared to.
Rosemary Neame They were great. Lucky you Lynnette having two.
Joy Drake We had one too Seemed to be one of the standard bits of equipment with the coal range.
Don McIntyre Still got ours
Donald Levy Have one
Raewyn Louttit Over scones on it Mum used to make
Dawn Jack Fearn We had one when we were on the farm and it got well used
Lorraine O'Donoghue Still have mine.
Robyn Halkett Yep. Mine sitting here up front in the bus!
Marion Maxwell Dad used one all the time.. did steak and all on it..
Wendy Roberts My mum used to have one Wayne Leckie
Pikelets yum
Wayne Leckie
Beryl Heperi
I still have one. My Mum used to make beautiful girdle scones and pikelets on it .
Glenn Johnston
We still use one on an induction cook top. Think it was my grandmothers.
June Edwards
And you make the best piglets Beryl Piklets next visit
Don McIntyre
Still got one was my nan Munden’s one from out the kopara when they lived on the farm till they sold up in 1959 and I use it still I also still have her cast iron frypan which gets used all the time yaa can’t beat cast iron for even cooking
Beryl Heperi
Thanks June.Look forward to your visit.
Betty Tindale
Still have one took with us when working in the mountains .
Lois Iacoppi
Every home had one
Debbie Ansett
Nana would make scones on it on the coal range on a Wednesday afternoon and would have her friends around for afternoon tea. I loved them cold with cheese. Great memories .
Wendy Bruce
I managed to find a griddle years ago but they don’t work on an electric hob. Best pikelets are made on a griddle.
Lana Vargas
My Aunty Olga Dunn made the best pickets on one of those.
Margaret Standen
Mum had one and also the heavy gem makers.
Christine O'Connell
I tried a scone at the bearded miners in Reefton a few years back. It was lovely
Jenny Jones
I have two they are the best .
Gae Galway
They were great for pikelets that my Mum made and I used one when we were first married. Not sure what happened to it.
Nina Townsend
My grand dorta used mine to make white bait patties on the river. She wanted a feed & we were outa gas in the camper must say I was proud she was only 11
Maureen McCrimmon
Yummy, mum used to make piklets on the griddle
Trish Rennie
Still have ours...used it for 40 years on a coal range , best girdle scones,pikelets and pancakes. Putting in a new kitchen now so with new technology will be using it once more on an induction cook top..
Myron Caldwell
I married an Aucklander. We went to Reefton where Mum always cooked on a coal range and she did everything you wanted. My wife couldn't operate this old fashion stuff, so Dad popped up to Seymours and bought a small electric rangette. These City gir…
Glenda O'Donnell
I remember that we had one mum use it to make pan cake s on it they are good to have
Jenny Leach
yes we had one mum used to make beauiful pikelets and scones also dad used to make fried scones they were yum
Jeff Sutherland
I have a couple of good old ones,,, if anyone is interested
Mark Burgess
I love an old griddle not sure if anyone has the good oldies
Phyllis Aberhart
Best thing out
Sandra Douglas
Yes I’ve got ours Jen
Phil Millar My Mum had one of these and made Picklets on it,she was a Provis from the Landing!
Frank ODonnell I still have one that are great
Noel Fagerlund My Mother and Grandmother had one each best scones I have ever tasted
John Freeman We still have one !
Alison Knight I still have one
oeline McCaughan I had one for 40-odd years, my daughter has it now, I'm not certain how old it is, it was originally my husbands grandparents one ( they married in 1891), then his mother used it all her married life, it came to us in 1970., still going well.
Jo Wickett I have one and will be using it on the road for making biscuits. Have trialled and they are great
Tania Newman Still have mine though no coal range as yet. Miss my Rayburn Royale
Yvonne Mirfin So did my mum made lovely scones yummy x
Anne Honey My granny had one and taught me on the coal range.
Martin Griffin Piklets
Irene Lines Got one in the cupboard.
Donald Levy still use mine
Margaret Grant Often wonder where mums went too.
Miriama Lance Johnsen I regret giving mine griddle away
Karen Burrows Miriama Lance Johnsen yeah I do too.
Jan Sowman Wow mum used one of them I remember
Shona Ratana Don't know where ours went However bought one a few years back Still works well and has a special place in my lounge Happy memories Pikelet and girdle scones always delicious.
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Raewyn Louttit My mum used to make scones they were beautiful
Grant Haworth I still use my grandmother's at work doing pancakes with bacon bananas and maple syrup
Grant Haworth Dave Lyes will do some for you one day soon if you get a chance to get out to the cafe
Steve Jones Haven't seen one for years remember mums one well she made the best pikelets ever.lol we all say the same about our mothers they made the best.
Christine Jones Steve Jones she did make the best
Alison Mackenzie Still use one to make pikelets on the range
Aleck Byers Ive still got a griddle havnt used it for a while but always keep it handy
Pete Doncliff And yes it is a "Griddle".....not a "Girdle"!!!!!
Marilyn Ramsay My mother had one she made awesome pikelets on it
Kevin Voigt girdile scones my mum good realy make these even if she had other problems
to make pikelets on my grandmothers one. Wish I had it now.
Viv Butcher I've got one can't use it on my electric stovetop..Have used it on bbq on the grill side
Linda Sullivan I have for sale if any one is interested
Dianne Johnson I remember the beautiful griddle scones made by my grandmother, they were soooo good.
Heather Newby Dianne Johnson yes.. Mum made griddle scones too
Deborah Taylor My mum always used one on her coal range when we were kids and into our adult hood.
Jenny Bannerman I would give my eye teeth to have one of them
Lynnette Walford Mum had one in Denniston,best scones ever,don't know what happened to it..
Mark Burgess that would have been one of the older original ones, before the Greymouth foundry started to remake them, the remakes were lighter to start with.
Annette Rosanowski Mum had one, was always called a girdle though
John Rosanowski Yes, Annette. Was going to say Grannie Ladner said Girdle too.
Wendy Gilmour Mum used one on the coal range
Louise Blair My dad uses it while white baiting. I made some mean spam toastys on it last year.
Ann Selander
I have one in out garden
Carrol Hunter
Sadly $ 100 to buy a new one smaller than that I Have been looking
Wayne Allan Webb
I still use mine on a very regular basis . Got it out of a scrap metal pile . I couldn't believe what I had found . Ofcorse I take it camping too .
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Heather Newby
thats a good find!
Noeline McCaughan I note that everyone of the comments detailing what was cooked refer to either pikelets, scones or pancakes. The griddle was also used to cook meat, grilled chops or a piece of steak or even the ubiquitous sausage. I also seen tomatoes, whitebait patties and mushrooms done to perfection on them as well.
Vern Pattinson
Mum had one
Karen Potter
Shelley has mum's. She makes lovely pikelets.
Margaret Chamberlain
Girdle scone Brian not as fluffy and also very nice
Annette Rosanowski
It’s a girdle not a griddle
Christine Brown
If this is called a GRIDDLE PLATE? Why does some people call the scones cooked on it GIRDLE scones? Isnt a Girdle what women have worn as an undergarment?
Alan Beck
Did Blaketown have cooking/woodwork as at Canty Educ Dept, High Street for Grey Main?
Anne Honey
Piklets and scones were amazing
Anne Honey
Amazing
Brian McIntyre
What do you call those scones that dont really rise to a peak. Pretty much stay flat
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Carole Holley
Fond memories, Mum used to make piglets on her girdle & my kids lined up for teddy bear piglets she made.
Elizabeth Mehrtens
Whow my Nana and Mum had one this was the only way I knew how to make picklets until we were introduced to electric when we moved to Hokitika
Steve Jones
I would to have one now any 4 sale ?
Steve Jones
Yup mum had one
Fred Foster
Best pikelets
Marilyn Paterson
I’ve still got one somewhere.
Val Baker
I would love another one of these makes best scones
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Jude Nicoll
Used to love my mother's girdle scones made on one of these, for Sunday tea, and her pikelets
Mary Scott
Both my Grandmothers had one of these and made the most amazing piklets
Tony Warner
Best way to make pikelets
Jenny Leach
Looked everywhere for one of these
Dylan Duff
May be an image of 1 person and dartboard
Charil Milne
I have one great for making griddle scones
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Robert Wilson
I've cooked and seen some meals cooked on these,
Monica Williams
I still own one. My dear friend restored it for me and it’s just beautiful
Shona Campbell
Pikelets and girdle scones cooked on one are favourites in our house.
Ed Dando
Piklets
David Howe
My aunt used to make them just like you did Heather. Many things cooked in or on a coal range seemed to taste better. Roasts, scones, and those girdle scones.
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
Shona Ratana
Mum made girdle scones and pikelets on our coal range. lovely. Grandmothers did this too often made on sundays ready for monday work and school lunches as there was no fresh bread available on Sundays.
Beryl Heperi
Still make pikelets on mine
Margaret Standen
Mum and Nan made the best piklets and girdle scones. Topped with blackberry jelly!
Murray Webber
I haveone exactly the same, was my mother's
Glenn Johnston
We still use one!
Lillian Munn
My mother made the most amazing pickets on these.
Malcolm Yorston
Mum used to cook piklets, girdle scones and potato scones on one
Wendy Aitchison
Girdle Scone my mum use to make them on one of those some how I left mine behind when I shifted back to Nelson but I still make them on hot hot plate as they are my favourites
Yum yum
Roy Bright
memories of my grandmother making pikelets on that too on the coalrange in Greymouth
Margaret Malloch
Great results tasted perfect
Helen Devine
posted ment to say pikelets
Marilyn Hopkins
Griddle scones
Sue Ca
Totally best scones n pikelets
Beryl Livermore
Can still remember my mum having one made picklets and griddle scones they were beautiful
Jamieson Colleen Rob
My mum made beaut scones pikelits.dear mum Kath prendergast
Margaret Mulloy
Made the best pikelets and girdle scones
Sandra Douglas
I hav one ..havnt quite mastered like mum did for her pikelits..or Dad for his scones
Tania Newman
Still have one
Colin Harman
Gave Mums one away when cleaning out the house after she had passed away, i don't know how many times i have regretted not making room to bring it back to Hopetoun Western Australia
Roger O'Regan
One in the garage somewhere!
Carrol Hunter
I looked for a similar griddle plate and the only one i could find made heavy duty was modern cast ? not as robust as old . was at Ballantynes CHCH $ 325 . So dont throw out old stuff it was the BEST
Barbara Scott
Mmmm griddle scones☺️
Lee Christie
Still use my grandmothers ! Bloody brilliant
Ian Miller
I could not believe how my grandmother made perfect pikelets on one of those on a coal range without even breathing hard or fiddling around with anything.
Vern Pattinson
We had one years ago
Phil Millar
I watched my MUM cooking Picklets on her one, those were he days when food tasted good and with real BUTTER !
Kenny Williams
Got one
Wendy James
My mum had one we did pikelets on it on cold range
Aleck Byers
Still got one
Kevin O'Regan
Pikelets coming when saw one of those babies come out
Gae Galway
My Mum also made wonderful pikelets on a gridle like this. I think most homes had one.
Helen Devine
Just used mine this morning to make pickles
George Gardner
Superb scones from our coal range oven. I've never cooked them anything like since with el or gas.
Caroline Dunlop
Mum had one of those. Made wonderful Pikelets on it and Grandma was a dab hand are girdle scones.
Joel Smith
Now that brings back fond memories of my Nana’s Girdle Scones
Karen Banks
Loved helping mum make pikelets on one of these!
Gordon McIntosh
I still have my mother's one...
Dean de Roo
I have one exactly the same at Kokiri
Kerry Molloy
i have one somewhere great for pikelets toasted sammies and fritters .
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
Sheri Wright
Best ever for pikelets
Bev Johnston
Makes yummy scones
Dorothy Wills
I had one of these that was my Mum’s but I have no idea what happened to it, it didn’t work very well on an electric stove, I only had a range tote for many years, but managed to cook for a family on 6 with no problem
Karen Mary Madgwick
Lot of picklets came off my grans griddle plate.
Happy days at Gran Hills in Waimangaroa...
Annette Rosanowski
It’s a girdle not a griddle
Jock Allen
Best Scones ever Used to stand next to mum waiting for one to be cooked then heaps of butter YUMMY
Grant Callaghan
Yes griddle is the American term.girdle in nz
Margaret Grant
I wished I got my mother's probably went to a second hand shop dang it..
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Fi Alloway
Margaret Grant Worth the weight in Gold aye!!!
Margaret Grant
Fi Alloway Hi Fi true and I've had a message from a friend who is giving me one gotta love fb
Roy Bright
memories of my grandmother making pikelets on that too on the coalrange in Greymouth
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