Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns

Subject: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 22 Mar 16 - 07:17 PM

Sharing a link which we found stemming from a bit of banter about the wife's addiction to hot cross buns
and their traditional significance to the easter story...

[her point of view 'coloured' by her family upbringing being evangelical Welsh chapel...]


http://www.kaveyeats.com/2016/03/kaveys-hot-multicultural-buns.html

Enjoy... As mrs punkfolkrocker insists.. Eat more buns... 😜

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Mar 16 - 07:29 PM

I guess I'd better put this in the non-music section, PFR, while drooling over the thought of a warm hot cross bun, generously slathered with melting butter...

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 22 Mar 16 - 07:53 PM

Interestingly - a current UK TV ad depicting a hot cross bun with bacon filling
is getting some viewers very hot and... ermmm ... 😠 ...


http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2595769-Bacon-in-a-hot-cross-bun-Have-Sainsburys-decided-to-piss-all-over-my-culture

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 22 Mar 16 - 09:24 PM

Quite frankly, bacon can never be wrong in any setting. Especially streaky done just short of crisp. I'd eat it in this case before the hot cross buns. I've noticed hot cross buns in shops with lots of weird flavours lately. No thank you. I want mine with a good, moist, fruity, spicy texture. Not dry and bready like Lidl's ones. Not chocolate or apple, thank you. Actually, as well as hot and oozing, I also like them cold with too much butter. I like to see the little cliffs my teeth have made at the edges of the butter.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Kampervan
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:41 AM

Go to agree with Steve Shaw on this one.
The traditional bun is the only way to go and this is one of the few times when an excess of real butter is totally justified.

Make as many variants as you like but don't call them Hot Cross Buns.And as for the bacon - put that in between two slices of white bread and enjoy it properly.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:45 AM

With most of the above although for me, perfection would be with slightly less cinnamon.

Frankly, I prefer common or garden toasted tea cakes, which in some ways are HX buns without the spice.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,Blandiver (Astray)
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 04:30 AM

Swastikas, eh? The EDL would wolf those suckers!

(Yes, I know the significance & ancient cosmological origins of one of the most culturally ubiquitous of symbols (there's even a one on Ilkley Moor circa 1600 BC) but I can think of several million reasons why it can only mean one thing now.)

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 12:25 PM

Look how many comments the piece has.

I think they should go ahead with the crescents/croissants....

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:01 PM

Micca introduced me to the wonders of the Bacon Butty. I am forever in his debt.

And Bill Sables introduced me to a pork sandwich in York - can't recall what they called the sandwich, but the taste was memorable.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:39 PM

Whilst I welcome the convergence of our views on such vital matters, Kampervan, I must differ on the matter of justifications for excess butter. To my mind, excess butter is also required on fish finger butties, bacon butties, crumpets, toast and jacket spuds. Oh, and in mashed potatoes. A deficit of butter, heaven forfend, in any of these instances is, in my book, a truly miserable matter.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:41 PM

I forgot chip butties.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:42 PM

Just waiting for a post appearing concerning kettles, rabbit holes and the result thereof.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 06:14 PM

I had a mate who used to dip chip butties in tea. The resultant beverage was probably akin to Tibetan Yak butter tea. Or so I imagine.

Anyway, I welcome any spinsters of this parish to partake of my hot multicultural buns anytime. As long as the Mrs isn't about...

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Kampervan
Date: 23 Mar 16 - 06:42 PM

Blimey Steve, you really do crave confrontation don't you?

You wouldn't be from Yorkshire by any chance would you? I only ask because you seem to espouse the James Martin school of cooking. Oh, and cos I was raised in Lincolnshire and would thereby become an automatic target.

However, I'll concede crumpets, toast and jacket spuds. But fish finger butties need the frying oil from the fish fingers, the bread for bacon butties should be saturated with the fat from the bacon, and mashed potatoes should be mixed with low fat creme fraiche. (well I do live in Kent now).

I don't suppose that this is the right time to begin a discussion on the benefits of coconut oil........

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Musket
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 04:47 AM

Tap tap tap

Tap tap tap

What a way to spend Easter...

Mind you, you can see our house from up here.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Mr Red
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 05:04 AM

Hot Cross buns, Hot Cross buns.
One a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross buns.
One a penny poker, two a penny tongs, three a penny fire shovel, Hot Cross buns.

the more complete call of a Hot Cross bun seller, as documented - Oxford Book of Folk Songs - if I remember correctly..

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 05:11 AM

Try a chip butty using dripping instead of butter ........Ymmmmmmmm

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Musket
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 05:15 AM

When I started drinking many moons ago, our local pub, when the darts team were playing at home used to put on bread and dripping with sliced onion in vinegar.

My mouth is watering at the thought.

Ok what's for breakfast! Oh.. All looking too bloody healthy to be honest.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 07:29 AM

If I remember correctly from a festival in Budapest 20 years ago... [Iggy Pop.. Sonic Youth.. Levellers..etc]
that's a Hungarian snack.

Bread dripping onion sprinkled with paprika...

cheap and filling.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 07:44 AM

"Try a chip butty using dripping instead of butter ........Ymmmmmmmm"

Best of both worlds if your chips are already cooked in beef dripping. Then you can slather your bread with a ton of butter, apply salted-and-vinegared chips and fold the slice over (no cutting permitted). The priority here is to use the nastiest thin-sliced white loaf you can find. This works best if you're a bit pissed. Lean well forward whilst eating.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: olddude
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 04:30 PM

Bacon on anything is perfect, I wouldn't care if they made bacon toothpaste.. Bacon is the best

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 04:36 PM

Since losing our dog, I have a half used tube of liver flavoured toothpaste going spare Dan. I'll mail it over for you. Not exactly bacon but let's not get choosy eh?
🐷

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 05:22 PM

Sorry about your dog.
I lost mine 23rd december.
Sad day.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 05:46 PM

"Bacon on anything is perfect, I wouldn't care if they made bacon toothpaste."

Um... Dan... bacon flavored jello?

(My brother used to say he'd eat mustard on anything.... till he tried it on ice cream.)

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 06:10 PM

Losing a dog can be like a loss of extra senses, a third arm and a quality of loyalty that is matchless. Sorry it happened to you so recently.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 06:22 PM

Had bacon for tea tonight. Six rashers each of Sainsburys's finest Wiltshire cure (sell-by date cheapie) with mash containing excessive butter, grilled cherry toms and peas. Nectar. Manna from heaven. Tomorrow night it's Italian tomato, onion and bacon soup with fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil and curls of Canossa dairy Parmesan, mopped up with warm ciabatta.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 07:00 PM

In far south Poland, just across the Slovakian border, we had music that sounded Bulgarian, and we ate bread with a chunky, grey-colored spread.. It was absolutely delicious, whatever the spread was. I think maybe it was spiced lard with bacon chunks, but I wish I knew exactly what it was.
I'm sure my cardiologist wouldn't like it, but it was like a trip to heaven.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Jack Campin
Date: 24 Mar 16 - 08:02 PM

http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/appetizers/r/Polish-Pork-Lard-Spread-Recipe-Smalec.htm

http://www.polishforums.com/food/smalec-make-6169/

I'm sure the Edinburgh Polish shops will have it - must give it a try.

I tried to buy some gluten free hot cross buns from Waitrose tonight. Normally they have them. Out of stock. Bummer. I'd been quite happy with crescent, Star of David or pagan pentagram ones instead, but no dice.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Musket
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 03:52 AM

Thanks. We lost our dog at the end of October but it is only by now I could joke about the liver flavoured toothpaste. He loved the bloody stuff.

At a pet shop in Southwold when we were on holiday the other year, we bought him a tub of bacon flavoured ice cream. The only snag was, being dairy free it had aloe vera (Senna) as a smoothing agent (I read the ingredients after the poor dog had us run out of poop bags on his next walk. Not that you could scoop it up easily if you get my drift.)

As its Good Friday and Mrs Musket isn't at work, our breakfast shortly will be bacon butties. Bacon from the farm next door, bread is about to go in the oven. My neighbour gave us a slab of pork belly yesterday and I am marinating it in a spicy rub ready to flame away on the BBQ later. Too cold to sit outside to eat still but first fire up of the year later.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Kampervan
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 02:26 PM

What time did you get breakfast?

Loaf not in the oven yet.

After baking a loaf I have to leave it to cool for at least an hour before I can slice it, and even then it can only be doorsteps!?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: gnu
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 07:09 PM

I eat bacon several times a year. A pound of crisp lean bacon washed down with ale, late at night.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Musket
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 07:25 PM

Mrs Musket sets the Kenwood Chef overnight, including the rising feature. Fifteen mins in the aga top oven when she is making us both a coffee and it rests for an hour till we get up. Bacon takes ten mins, then doorsteps..

Sometimes when we can't be arsed its part baked rolls. Our bread maker is used to make a wholemeal loaf which we slice when cool and freeze, becoming morning toast in the week. Either from scratch or part baked, it's our weekend breakfast every week till we turn the aga off for the summer.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: Kampervan
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 07:45 PM

O lucky man.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Easter - Hot Multicultural Buns
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Mar 16 - 07:53 PM

Home baked bread...

the greatest thing since sliced bread !!!....????? 🍞