Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns,
One a penny, two a penny
Hot cross buns.
If you have no daughters
give them to your sons.
One a penny, two a penny
Hot cross buns
This nursery rhyme, street cry and Easter song has been around since the mid seventeen hundreds. I even remember singing it at infants school, and I am not saying how many years ago that was!! The words have been stuck in my head recently, probably because there are hot cross buns every where right now. In fact you get them even at Christmas which is madness. Hot cross buns are Easter buns and mince meat are Christmas pies. The two should never be overlapped!!
Now I like a 'traditional' hot cross bun. They should be a good soft spicy yeast bun with lots of juicy sultanas and citrus peel in? But you just try and find one of those. For a start there is hardly any spice in any of the 'normal' hot cross buns now. Either that or my taste buds have gone to pot? Spice means cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg, so you can taste it please!!! There are some rubbishy versions around but someone has to taste them all. I did actually tell my husband yesterday I was all hot cross bunned out. We were in Tesco and I hesitated over the buns, but nope, I was indeed all bunned out.
It's a bit like Christmas really. You have to buy.....and eat..... loads of mince pies from all the supermarkets to check out which is the best, so on the actual Christmas day you have some nice ones. And yes, indeed, by Christmas day you are sick of them. The packet you have brought stays in the cupboard, goes out of date the end of January and you find them in March. The same thing happens with hot cross buns. Well it does to me. So far I have been relatively sensible this year. I have only tried traditional buns from three supermarkets, and two of those 'variations'. Easter is one week away and I am flagging already. Mind you maybe I should be buying up loads and freezing them so I can try the buns through the year. Hey yeah, I could even have them at Christmas instead of the mince pies? Actually no. That's daft. Almost as daft as being able to buy Easter eggs on Boxing Day!
I've been pretty sensible this year so far. I have been desperate to buy some hot cross buns with chocolate bits in but I think Neil would have a little bit of a paddy. He is a traditionalist through and through, and only just managed to eat the Heston 'a bit more expensive than your average supermarket hot cross bun' which had marzipan and almond nibs in. He conceded that they were nice but maybe we should go back to the normal ones? Pooh, he is a wuss. A little bit of screwing with tradition never hurt anyone. I mean who could resist fudge hot cross buns? I mean Fudge? F.U.D.G.E.???? Woop woop. I haven't bought them yet, but they are on my list of buns to buy that Neil won't eat so I get to have them all to myself. All four! But let's be sensible, not all at once. Maybe? I could be sick!
Oh my gosh I've just seen some rhubarb and custard hot cross buns advertised. I accidentally said this out loud and Neil's face screwed up in to a tight ball of horror. Ha! I could have a packet of those too! Ooooo salted caramel and chocolate? I also said that out loud. While I am writing this Neil is muttering in a not that quiet a voice 'why cant someone just make a normal hot cross spiced bun'? He's such a spoil sport. I may have to visit the shops tomorrow armed with a fair bit of money. It's funny but the thought of hot cross buns excites me more than an Easter egg. Saying that...……….hmmmm, salted caramel Easter eggs? Yummmmmm.
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