Hot X Buns

[Jemisa]

History
In case you were wondering - - - -

In many historically Christian countries, buns are traditionally eaten hot or toasted on Good Friday with the Cross standing as a symbol of The Crucifiction They are believed by some to pre-date Christianity although the first recorded use of the term "hot cross bun" was not until 1733; it is believed that buns marked with a cross were eaten by Saxons in honour of the goddess Eostre (the cross is thought to have symbolised the four quarters of the moon); "Eostre" is probably the origin of the name "Easter" Others claim that the Greeks marked cakes with a cross, much earlier.]

[venator]

Hi Jem - good stuff, but was "Crucifiction" a typo?
Almost as funny as the "Muslamic" one that came up in an EDL posting the other day.

[mike11111]

My only query is, as I love Hot Cross Buns, why are they only available at this time of the year, with or without the cross?

[Jemisa]

I dunno what you mean venator. Not a typo no.
(Its not supposed to be funny we're in History here)

jem

[mike11111]

I think that Venator's point was, had you deliberately misspelt crucifixion as crucifiction, with emphasis on the fiction part, so as to make an atheistic statement.

[Buenchico]

Jemisa:
While, as an atheist, the term 'Cruci-FICTION appeals to me, I think that Venator is referring to to correct spelling of 'crucifixion' ;-)

[Buenchico]

Ooh, snap, Mike!

[starone]

Mike - you can buy hot cross buns all the year round. Try Tesco. I think it is a pity as they used to be a treat for us on Good Friday morning. The bakers boys were out with their baskets calling out "Hot Cross Buns" for sale. Lovely. Now as they are so common they are no longer a special thing.

[Jemisa]

'kin 'eck, I didn't think the 'spelling police' would be here in History.
I was wrong. Hello Chris.

jem

[mike11111]

I see the dilemma. They are so nice that I would like to have them at other times of the year, albeit without the cross marking. yet I fully understand where you are coming from, associating a treat with a particular time of year. Try buying boxes of dates or figs, or even walnuts/hazelnuts/Brazil nuts in their shells outside of the Xmas season.

[mike11111]

Not a case of the spelling police, Jemisa. Both Chris and myself thought that you were making a clever linguistic pun to propound a viewpoint, which clearly you weren't.

[Jemisa]

ME? - A clever linguistic pun? Yeh of course & you picked up on it, I was just testing. Well Done Mike. :0)

Yes! Tesco seem to have Buns/Hot X Buns all year round.

jem