Lydia Schoch
Kim Possible 
Have you ever had a Hot Cross bun? (And what country are you from?)
Yes, many times!
Yes, just once
Meh
I don't think so
Never
A what?
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J.D. MacLeod ๐จ๐ฆ@kimlockhartga ๐จ๐ฆ
janestegerlewis@kimlockhartga England and Ireland
Abram Kedge๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐จ๐ฆ@kimlockhartga many times. It's my preferred breakfast this time of year, cheap and just the right size with a nice mug of coffee. Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Sharonbw stands with Minnesota
Simon ZerafaUK, Wales.
Aprilโs Fool
Catelli@kimlockhartga Yes-Canada
James@kimlockhartga no idea what that is ๐
(Germany)
@DrJLecter I think I've seen them in a grocery store a few times in the U.S. but they are generally quite rare here. Seems like they are popular in the U.K.
@kimlockhartga I checked some photos now and can say I've never seen them despite being in the UK a lot. But I've never been there for Easter and they seem to be a speciality for this time of the year. We have some special stuff that's only for Easter as well ๐
@DrJLecter ah yes, I remember German Christmas specialties like Stollen, but less familiar with German Easter bakery items.
@kimlockhartga we have the Osterkranz here, a yeast dough ๐ https://www.einfachbacken.de/rezepte/osterkranz-das-klassiker-rezept
@DrJLecter Oh yes! I remember this now. Thank you for jogging my memory.
Chris JagsCanada, yes more than once, but I don't really like them.
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RolloTreadway@kimlockhartga I'm British and a consumer of hot cross buns innumerable.
staringatclouds
Piglet
Sheepnik@kimlockhartga Yes, and I even just bought a pack earlier. Traditionally they were only a Good Friday treat, but now you can get them year round (and I will eat them year round.)
Ighostrider@kimlockhartga Scotland!
ZenHeathen ๐จ๐ฆ@kimlockhartga Had them, many years ago, Canada.
I remember my kid mind feeling, if this is supposed to be a bun, why don't we skip the raisins and make a sandwich out of it, and if this is supposed to be a treat, then wht does it suck?
Bodhipaksa@ZenHeathen @kimlockhartga The real thing is very good โ if you like sweet bready things flavoured with spices.
@bodhipaksa Well, there's the problem, then. ;) @kimlockhartga
cognitively accessible math@kimlockhartga several times. Not many.
Mike@kimlockhartga I'm not sure I've ever seen one, except for photos, and I've read about them, heard about them in nursery rhymes... western US
@sunumbral yeah, you really don't see them here.
Angela Miller@kimlockhartga
Scotland
Scotland
Spring Cat@kimlockhartga Yes, maybe once or twice? Not my thing. Theyโre popular in Canada.
EllenIn Edmonton@catzilla @kimlockhartga
My mom made a pretty tasty version when I was growing up, but the grocery store version is quite bad.
My mom made a pretty tasty version when I was growing up, but the grocery store version is quite bad.
@EllenInEdmonton @catzilla ah, that might explain why some really hate them.
I have seen the same process with many things: people think that they don't like something because they've only had bad versions of them, like scones, champagne, or even things like fiction formats/genres.
Adriano@kimlockhartga Iโve been to Britain a couple times and love hot cross buns.
@kimlockhartga Question: do you have a decent recipe for making them? They're utterly unavailable here in Santiago, at least in my area.
@adriano I do not, but the Brits would be the best source, since they actually eat them. I don't know anyone who has had them in my country.
Arratoon@kimlockhartga @adriano Here you go. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_hot_cross_65003
If youโd prefer a sourdough one or a vegan recipe let me know.
@kimlockhartga @arratoon thank you both very, very much!
@adriano @kimlockhartga Youโre welcome. Let us know how they turn out. One tip: soak the raisins in tea/rum/orange juice overnight so theyโre extra juicy when you add them to the mix.
TiggyIts a type of sweet bread, so bread flour and yeast are the base. M9dern shops sell lots of varieties but this is close to the original.
Serve split in half, toasted and buttered.
Alison Meeks@adriano @kimlockhartga Food Wishes on YouTube has a video on it. Basically itโs a brioche dough with raisins and some spice.
@kimlockhartga Yes, loads. Iโve made sourdough versions but cba this year. UK.
A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC@kimlockhartga UK here, they're quite popular with people who like bready fruit things.
I think they're disgusting myself... eaten by sociopaths who also like things like fruit scones and fruit cake.
Nutters... the lot of em. ๐ค ๐
Kate@Anomnomnomaly @kimlockhartga
Bready fruit things or fruity bread things? Either way, this thread is making me want some.
Bready fruit things or fruity bread things? Either way, this thread is making me want some.
@Anomnomnomaly Ha ha ha! You don't like dried fruit, I take it? I love cranberry orange scones, and I'm in the U.S.
I'm adverse to the majority of foods really... some for dietary reasons , others simply because the taste or texture disgusts me.
Some foods I can eat one way... but not any other... and others I can eat a variety of ways except a few specific ones.
Give me almost anything with caramelised onion in it, and I'll yum it up. Cheese, sausages... give me onion rings... nomnomnom... crispy onion and blue cheese on top of a steak... heavenly.
But put big chunks of onion in a casserole, or a pie... cooked in any kind of sauce/gravy... and they go slimy and make me want to vomit.
Carrots... soft, in a casserole, roasted with a honey and black pepper glaze... nomnomnom... raw... I'll hurl in your face.
Salds... I can safely say... the number of salad items I like and will eat... ZERO.
I think part of it as an autism thing, and another part is literally being force fed disgusting foods as a kid. I remember walking into the school canteen in middle school and having to run out and be sick because of the smell. banana, cabbage... both turn my stomach... as an example.
@Anomnomnomaly Texture is a huge thing for a lot of folx. I dated a girl who could not tolerate squishy foods.
Salty@kimlockhartga @Anomnomnomaly texture is about 75% of my food yucks. Like, I abhor raw tomato but love most red sauces and salsas as long as they do not have tomato lumps. I buy Rao's marinara as the basis for my own and run it through the blender first to de-lumpify it. I won't eat mushrooms of any kind but love a mushroom reduction on a steak. Calamari, eh nothing will ever make that rubbery fish-bait not gag-worthy. Same with mussels and oysters, esp. the latter: slimy cold loogies. Nope.
This is the perfect example... raw tomato... yuck, cooked tomatos, tomato based sauces... yum.
UkeleleEric@kimlockhartga My favourite, I am in the UK.
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Bern@kimlockhartga Yes, in Australia, where the main supermarkets start selling them on Boxing Day, and continue until a month after Easter.
Aldi, however, sell them all year round (and they're better than the other ones!)
Eric Bono๐บ๐ธ
My Swedish grandma would make them in the 70s (across the street from the Intel campus in Sunnyvale now) but I thought they were an English thing she was making for my grandpa. They were nearly flavorless with just the cross of frosting. They were terrible cooks. She may have learned it in Canada, before they moved down here. ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐จ๐ฆ
@kimlockhartga Yes, Scotland.
a.k.a. low-profile@kimlockhartga Angry wife's can be hot crossed mums.
@Nead Ha ha ha!
@kimlockhartga Love them and sad theyโre only available at Easter in the store. Canadian here.
Canela Blanca@kimlockhartga @Guillotine_Jones USA, but embedded in Latino culture, so we get many โholidayโ buns.
Pino Carafa@kimlockhartga "Yes, many times"
I'm "from" the Netherlands but I moved to Ireland in 1995.