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Hot cross buns

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XmasShoppingsister · 13/03/2025 07:29

Just a light hearted question, do you eat your hot cross buns toasted or cold/as is? I've always toasted them and my friend looked at me like I'm crazy and said she'd never heard of toasting them.

You are being unreasonable... I eat them cold as is.
You are NOT being unreasonable...
Toasted is totally normal

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Sunshineandrainbow · 13/03/2025 07:42

The clue is in the name ....... Hot!

cardboardvillage · 13/03/2025 07:37

Of course you toast them. Similar to my partner who always eats bagels untoasted….its not right

Funderthighs · 13/03/2025 07:37

Sometimes I toast them, sometimes I don’t. There’s no right or wrong.

Talipesmum · 13/03/2025 07:36

Oven heated is best, splitting open the warm bun to butter when you take them out.
Next best is toasting them.
Will also eat them cold - they’re still delicious- but obviously they ought to be “hot”. Clue’s in the name.

WindmillOfWimbledon · 13/03/2025 07:36

Yikes, your friend is bvvvvvu.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 13/03/2025 07:35

Toasted, always. Your friend must have spent her life locked in a box if she's never seen people toast them before. I hope she'll take your lead and have a go. Warm is the only way to appreciate the spiciness that makes them different to any other fruit bun.

ErrolTheDragon · 13/03/2025 07:34

Of course toasted is normal. Why on earth does she think they’re called Hot cross buns?

FortyElephants · 13/03/2025 07:32

Eating a cold hot cross bun is a sad sorry experience. I've done it but it's so inferior to the toasted version it's barely the same treat.

ShiftySquirrel · 13/03/2025 07:32

Well they should be hot, so...

I've never had a cold hot cross bun, always toasted, or when I lived my my parents, dad would oven warm them. With lots of butter.

Iknowaboutpopular · 13/03/2025 07:32

Toasted. With butter. And a slice of cheese. Trust me, game changer.

MyUmberSeal · 13/03/2025 07:31

I’ll gladly have them both ways but toasted with lots of butter is my fav. No different to putting a tea-cake in the toaster.