"Fat to Fittie"

The last thing I want to do is rant in my blog about anything religious, but on the holiest day of the year, the hot cross bun is hard to avoid. They’ve been around since the 14th century, maybe earlier and we’re told that a monk at St Albans Abbey made the version we know today and distributed them to the poor. You’re not actually supposed to eat any until Good Friday, but as they appear in supermarkets the day after Boxing day, it’s hard not to. Easter of course is a Christian festival, the date of when to celebrate decided in the 7th century at Whitby Abbey, I’ve mentioned before that I’m not hugely religious, but since the beginning of time, every single person has believed in something, always best to hedge your bets and always best not to comment or get involved in what others have chosen. It’s also not a good idea to try to alter any other religions traditions in case they offend someone, it’s a shame Iceland didn’t think of this when they decided to launch a non-christian hot cross bun, for those who wish to stick two fingers up to Jesus, but still want to partake in the tasty, cinnamon treat.

For reasons that we may never know, someone in their marketing department thought that it would be good to replace the cross with a tick, guess that genius used to work for Nike, as it looks just like their logo. Not for one minute am I supporting this ludicrous idea, but surely a better choice would be a circle, then they could sell them in packs of ten, (5 of each design) so people could have a game of noughts and crosses. (If that happens next year, remember where you heard it first). Of course the web is awash with comments from people with nothing but negative vibes in their life, wondering why it’s so wrong and why people are offended, thankfully no one seems to have wasted their time bothering to point out why that is. Can you imagine the fury if any other religion had their sacred festival usurped? Hopefully this project fails and is never heard of again, otherwise next year the Easter egg could be replaced by a chocolate daffodil, so as not to upset the vegan’s.

Let’s focus instead on how tasty a hot cross bun is, I realise that there are some who aren’t keen on them, but they’re usually the wierdos who don’t like mince pies or Christmas cake either. I however love them and not just for the cross on top, there is no smell nicer than one of them wrapped in foil and placed in the oven to warm up for 10mins. When you take the bun out, unwrap it and break it open, the dribble from your mouth is unavoidable, knowing how fantastic it’s going to taste in a minute when you blather it in butter, of course, these are not good when you’re trying to lose weight. In terms of Slimming World and their points system, on it’s own, the average HCB, is eleven, a level teaspoon of butter is two, clearly that’s not enough for both half’s so the total is fifteen, that’s your daily amount wiped out in one treat with a cup of tea moment. For the last four days, I have chosen that option and I’m glad I did, it’s Easter, how can you not? As I write this, there are two in the oven, it’s a change from toasting them, I only do this on Good Friday, sort of makes it a bit special and I convince myself this is the first time I’m having one, okay, two, but I deserve them. I just got back from fat club where I lost five and a half pounds this week, so passed the two stone mark, the hot cross bun diet worked. Maybe I should market it, though I don’t think I’m going to have the same success with the fish and chip one. Happy Good Friday.