Page 6 | Gail’s warning

thehourwaslate · 27/03/2025 20:58

Am I the only person that thought this must be something to do with a Coronation Street story line?

Sleepygrumpyandnothappy · 27/03/2025 21:07

I had a Soho bun in Gail’s last week. I thought, I’m a twat, a bun named after a central London neighbourhood must be more to my tastes than a basic hot cross bun. But alas, it was dry and sad.

I agree with the pp who said Gail’s have expanded too quickly and lost quality.

theriseandfallofFranklinSaint · 27/03/2025 21:15

thehourwaslate · 27/03/2025 20:58

Am I the only person that thought this must be something to do with a Coronation Street story line?

Nope! 😄

Gonners · 27/03/2025 21:15

I haven't RTFT but what is he thinking of, eating hot cross buns before Good Friday? I wouldn't dream of doing that ... admittedly not for religious reasons, though. I simply don't like them.

Negroany · 27/03/2025 21:17

Teacaketravesty · 27/03/2025 16:10

My husband bought a tea and a hot cross bun in a Gail’s in central London yesterday, and they refused to toast it.

That’s it, that’s my PSA. Idk if it’s Gail-wide or if he was unlucky. I found some guff on their website about their HCBs being good enough not to toast but no actual confession. DH had no time to argue so just ate it: it was rubbish. I’d have asked for a swap for something that is meant to be eaten cold, but he is less good at sticking up for himself so had to live with the sadness.

Vipers, be warned.

I never toast hot cross buns, madness! Just eat them.

Funnily enough I had a Gails HCB and tea this morning and it was delish (the bun. The tea was terrible).

TrainGame · 27/03/2025 21:18

Gails is shit now. Used to be great. Waste of space now.

bridgetreilly · 27/03/2025 21:18

Ideally, I would have it warm, straight from the oven, with tons of butter. But if they aren’t fresh from the oven, then they need toasting,

Herewegoagain84 · 27/03/2025 21:20

Teacaketravesty · 27/03/2025 16:10

My husband bought a tea and a hot cross bun in a Gail’s in central London yesterday, and they refused to toast it.

That’s it, that’s my PSA. Idk if it’s Gail-wide or if he was unlucky. I found some guff on their website about their HCBs being good enough not to toast but no actual confession. DH had no time to argue so just ate it: it was rubbish. I’d have asked for a swap for something that is meant to be eaten cold, but he is less good at sticking up for himself so had to live with the sadness.

Vipers, be warned.

🤣 I remember I felt similarly horrified about three years ago when they refused to toast!

Negroany · 27/03/2025 21:24

bridgetreilly · 27/03/2025 21:18

Ideally, I would have it warm, straight from the oven, with tons of butter. But if they aren’t fresh from the oven, then they need toasting,

The Gails ones are freshly baked. And also I think sourdough based.

I agree Gails has gone downhill, but it's still better than most bakers.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 27/03/2025 21:26

I live in a field but am going to a seething metropolis this weekend. After reading this thread I planned to visit Gail’s, to stare them right in the face, eyeball to eyeball, and dare them, double dare them not to toast my HCB.

Turns out there isn’t one where we are going, so have decided not to pack my Clint Eastwood ‘A Fistful Of Dollars’ outfit. Shame. It would have been perfect.

WorriedRelative · 27/03/2025 21:27

If it is untoasted is it not a cold cross bun?

DGPP · 27/03/2025 21:29

They won’t warm up their ham and cheese croissants either! Luckily their stuff is delicious cold. It’s so much better than a regular bakery though silly prices

PleaseDontFingerMyPouffe · 27/03/2025 21:41

Gail's has always been overrated, I've never understood the hype.

Also, PSA?

In my book this means Please See Attached so a bit confused...

LlynTegid · 27/03/2025 21:45

thehourwaslate · 27/03/2025 20:58

Am I the only person that thought this must be something to do with a Coronation Street story line?

I thought of Gail Platt (or whatever Helen Worth's character is now called) myself at first, you are not alone.

Shodan · 27/03/2025 21:45

Jaq27 · 27/03/2025 18:26

The horror.
My in-laws also used to eat them 'raw' ... sandwiched with butter and strawberry jam.
Bloody heathen Geordies.
On another note I ordered a Welsh Cake from a naice coffee shop and it was served raw with no butter. Surely this is not correct?
It was eating a thick, dry flavourless biscuit.

I've never put butter on a Welsh cake! My mum used to make them a lot and we all used to fight over the slightly burnt ones 😳

As for Gail's- we have one in my small town (along with 59 other bakeries/coffee shops). They only seemed to sell sourdough bread. I was rather hoping they might offer soda bread, but I was disappointed. Unsurprisingly it seems, if they believe that a cold hot cross bun without butter is the way to go then they're not going to rise to the dizzy heights of soda bread.

VenusClapTrap · 27/03/2025 21:48

NadjaofAntipaxos · 27/03/2025 20:02

How do we feel about a hot cross bun with a bit of cheddar on it?
A colleague suggested it. At first I told them to shit off. But then I tried it and had a come to Jesus revelation.

When I was a lass we used to have jam and a slice of Wensleydale on them.

GuineaHyggaeReturnsWheeking · 27/03/2025 21:48

lifeonmars100 · 27/03/2025 18:05

Boycott them in your soul, that is what I am going to do even though I had never heard of them until today😀

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Same here @lifeonmars100 . I'm up for a good soul boycott

GuineaHyggaeReturnsWheeking · 27/03/2025 21:51

Fizbosshoes · 27/03/2025 19:23

Do you also eat kit kats without breaking them into sticks?

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Kit Kat without breaking them into sticks? What fresh hell of heathen doctrine is this ? You will be telling me next that you don't eat a double decker by tearing it apart and eating one deck first then the other!!

Fizbosshoes · 27/03/2025 21:55

GuineaHyggaeReturnsWheeking · 27/03/2025 21:51

Kit Kat without breaking them into sticks? What fresh hell of heathen doctrine is this ? You will be telling me next that you don't eat a double decker by tearing it apart and eating one deck first then the other!!

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I was wondering if the type of person who would eat a dry hot cross bun (no butter 😭) would also commit other food crimes....

Fizbosshoes · 27/03/2025 21:58

Slightly off topic my mum once ordered a toasted teacake in an eatery in Scotland years ago. They looked quite perplexed by the request and it turned out they thought she was asking for a tunnocks teacake to be toasted (which I agree would be quite strange)

LovePoppy · 27/03/2025 21:58

I’m thinking hot cross buns are different in Canada…ours have icing on them. No toasting possible

bridgetreilly · 27/03/2025 21:58

PleaseDontFingerMyPouffe · 27/03/2025 21:41

Gail's has always been overrated, I've never understood the hype.

Also, PSA?

In my book this means Please See Attached so a bit confused...

Public Service Announcement.

bridgetreilly · 27/03/2025 21:59

LovePoppy · 27/03/2025 21:58

I’m thinking hot cross buns are different in Canada…ours have icing on them. No toasting possible

Treason! Heresy!

Gonners · 27/03/2025 22:02

Hot cross buns contain mixed peel and are therefore inedible.

valentinka31 · 27/03/2025 22:02

yes this is a whole horror scenario in Gail's.

I asked for a stone cold butter croissant in Didsbury at 7.30am on Sunday morning to be sliced horizontally and lightly toasted.

No go.

Apparently nothing is allowed to be heated. ?! They used to do toast and everything. Wtf.