The doughy bottom or the glazed/crossed top?
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[Food] What is the best half of a hot cross bun?
- Thread starter Bozza
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love hot cross buns, toasted and with butter on
And Ravens ain’t all that
And Ravens ain’t all that
- Jul 10, 2003
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Mrs Wz says she prefers a doughy bottom 
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Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
The bit without dried fruit in.
Fignon's Ponytail
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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.love hot cross buns, toasted and with butter on
And Ravens ain’t all that
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.
- Aug 8, 2005
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Same reason the line up outside bookies on Grand National Day
The top half of course.
It's just like eating Jesus.
It's just like eating Jesus.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Toasted the bottom half
Not toasted the top
Not toasted the top
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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.
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?
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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).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.
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
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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.
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.
The doughy bottom, toasted with a load of butter.