I really think this needs to be in Legal.
According to the Baked Goods and Sundry Breakfast Items (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1847, an odd number of crumpets can be eaten in a household but only on religious holidays. The term ‘holey bread’ is rumoured to have been the cause of these restrictions, first introduced in Tudor times due to a spelling misunderstanding.
Repeated attempts to amend these provisions were made during the Baldwin administrations of the 1920s and 1930s, but these were resisted by elements of the Liberal Party still reeling from their own defeats during ‘The Muffin Wars’ of 1912.
Efforts to broaden the dates on which crumpets could be eaten in threes continued into the late 1930s, but the rise of fascism in Europe and an increasing focus on rearmament meant that lobbying slowly reduced.
After the War, rationing continued for years, and it was considered imprudent to remove restrictions. People were lucky to be able to eat three crumpets a week, let alone in one sitting, and it was said that many children became slack jawed with wonder at the sight of this rare delicacy.
The movement to liberalise crumpet eating became a very niche pursuit in the following decades, really just taken up by a small and dwindling band of yeast purists. Unfortunately crumpets were excluded from Mrs Thatcher’s ‘Big Bang’ of the 1980s, and whilst Tony Blair did toy with the idea of ‘Education, Education, Crumpets’ as an election slogan in 1997 this was rejected in a last minute change of heart.
One modern day champion of ridding the country of its crumpet regulations was Liz Truss. She made it part of her infamous ‘mini budget’ of 2022, but a potential shortage of crumpets as a result of the ill thought out Changes spooked the bond markets and they were quickly rejected.
Hope that helps. In the meantime whilst the rules are as they are I can only recommend that you LTB.