[Food] What is the best half of a hot cross bun?

[Bozza]

The doughy bottom or the glazed/crossed top?

(It's an international break so expect more of this crap)

 

[Chicken Run]

love hot cross buns, toasted and with butter on

And Ravens ain’t all that

 

[WATFORD zero]

Mrs Wz says she prefers a doughy bottom

 

[MJsGhost]

Whichever half has most butter on it?

 

[papajaff]

Truly a quality question sir. Top half obviously.

 

[BNthree]

The left hand side

 

[BNthree]

Whichever half has most butter on it?

Thread over

 

[Comrade Sam]

The bit without dried fruit in.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

love hot cross buns, toasted and with butter on

And Ravens ain’t all that

I agree. My wife grew up round the corner from Ravens and swore for years the HCB from there were the best. I wasn't that impressed tbh when I eventually tried one, and wondered why people queue all the way down the road for them.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Mrs CBH always declines a bun when I am making them, and then ALWAYS decides she wants some once I have made one. And she always takes the half with the cross on it. I now don't know if I actually prefer, the half with the cross or if I just have FOMO.

 

[Giraffe]

Definitely the top half, it gets more crusty.

As an aside, can they please stop producing these what I would call excessive hot cross buns. You know, hot cross buns with chocolate, with cheese, with marmite. What is wrong with just a hot cross bun.

Every time Mrs Giraffe brings one of those excessive hot cross buns home I tut and moan about the modern generation and their excesses before begrudgingly munching my way through their gorgeous delights. It's just not right.

 

[Stat Brother]

Blimey a thread I'm so jealous I didn't start it.

This is the kind of searing soul searching debate humanity should be having.


I'm going to have to think long and hard about this.

 

[Chicken Run]

I agree. My wife grew up round the corner from Ravens and swore for years the HCB from there were the best. I wasn't that impressed tbh when I eventually tried one, and wondered why people queue all the way down the road for them.

Same reason the line up outside bookies on Grand National Day

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The top half of course.

It's just like eating Jesus.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Toasted the bottom half
Not toasted the top

 

[Bozza]

Genuinely stunned that the stodgy doughy bottom isn't romping this.

I wonder if there's scope to set up some sort of swap system - I'll give you my tops if you give me your bottoms.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Genuinely stunned that the stodgy doughy bottom isn't romping this.

I wonder if there's scope to set up some sort of swap system - I'll give you my tops if you give me your bottoms.

Or perhaps a baker could make both versions. A thinner "top only" type hot cross bun and a plump, stody bottom-only one?

 

[Bozza]

Definitely the top half, it gets more crusty.

As an aside, can they please stop producing these what I would call excessive hot cross buns. You know, hot cross buns with chocolate, with cheese, with marmite. What is wrong with just a hot cross bun.

Every time Mrs Giraffe brings one of those excessive hot cross buns home I tut and moan about the modern generation and their excesses before begrudgingly munching my way through their gorgeous delights. It's just not right.

I'm surprised to read this coming from you, a connoisseur of both the cheese football and a ploughman's lunch (we need to re-visit the latter BTW).

The savoury buns are an absolute triumph of modern fusion cuisine.

The M&S Extremely Cheesy variety are food heaven. Toasted with lots of butter (salted), obviously.

 

[Official Old Man]

We're the right side, we're the right side, we're the right side Hot Cross Bun.

By the way, whatever happened to the good old standard HCB? Now you go into Tesco and they have Finest, Apple & Cinnamon, St Clements, Caramel & Chocolate, Triple Chocolate, Cheddar & Red Leicester and Strawberries & Clotted Cream.

Have we really got 12 days of this? I'd go on holiday but I've spent all my money.

 

[Weststander]

The doughy bottom, toasted with a load of butter.