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Currant bun – A sweet bun that contains currants or raisins; towards the end of the seventeenth century the Reverend Samuel Wigley founded the Currant Bun Company in Southampton, Hampshire, UK; Curry bread – Some Japanese curry is wrapped in a piece of dough, which is coated in flaky bread crumbs, and usually deep fried or baked.
Neither should be confused with a spiced bun, nor with a similar cake called the tea cake. Nor should it be confused with the scone, a form of cake that is also likely to use currants but which is generally smaller, and which is usually eaten with butter or some butter substitute. Currant Bun is English rhyming slang for the tabloid newspaper ...
Banbury cake – Spiced, oval-shaped, currant-filled pastry; Bara brith – Welsh tea bread [5] Barmbrack – Irish bread with sultanas and raisins [6] Bath bun – Sweet bun topped with crushed sugar [3] Belgian bun – Sweet bun with sultanas, usually topped with icing and half a glace cherry; Bienenstich – German layered yeast cake
The word 'bun' has been used in English since the 15th century. [7] Seasoned 'spice buns' emerged during the Tudor reign in the 15th century. In 1592, an edict was issued that allowed the sale of these rolls only on special occasions, namely Good Friday, Christmas and at funerals. Today they are sold from as early as January.
Hot Cross Buns was an English street cry, later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme and an aid in musical education. It refers to the spiced English confection known as a hot cross bun, which is associated with the end of Lent and is eaten on Good Friday in various countries. The song has the Roud Folk Song Index number of 13029.
The Chelsea bun is a type of currant bun that was first baked in the 18th century at the Bun House in Chelsea, [1] an establishment favoured by Hanoverian royalty accustomed to similar pastries in their native cuisine. The shop was demolished in 1839. [2] [3] The bun is made of a rich yeast dough flavoured with lemon peel, cinnamon or mixed ...
Included in Robert Chambers' Popular Rhymes of Scotland from 1842. Hot Cross Buns: Great Britain 1767 [43] This originated as an English street cry that was later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme. The words closest to the rhyme that has survived were printed in 1767. Humpty Dumpty: Great Britain 1797 [44]
Sign for the café named after the event The County Hall from which the buns are thrown A bun-thrower's view from the roof. The Abingdon Town Council (the local parish council), states that the event has a 400-year history, though their own list of bun throwings begins with the Coronation of George III and Charlotte in 1761.