For the past week, I have unashamedly been eating Hot Cross Buns like they are going out of fashion, because I know that very soon, they will be gone, and I will have to wait until Boxing Day for them to reappear on our supermarket shelves again. I love Hot Cross Buns, or HCBs; they are the perfect snack and in my mind, they certainly substitute as a meal; you’ve got fruit, carbs and fats all in one delicious bun, what more could we ask for?
In celebration of the humble HCB, I have dedicated today’s blog to discovering opinions on the traditional Easter bun.
The beautiful morning sun was a great time to reflect (as well as to think about whether I would have a chocolate HCB or traditional HCB for breakfast, post swim)
Mother and son team, Karen and John. John has told his mum he will come for a swim for aaaaages, so he finally did. Nice work, John. Hope you enjoyed the swim and enjoyed some well deserved HCBs!
Harriet has been meaning to come for a while, but prefers HCBs over early mornings (me too, Harriet, me too.) She tells me that she woke up early today, and thought why not?
A bit of a chill first getting in, but we all warmed up as soon as we got going.
Bobbin’ around at the point, being good sports for a pic!
At Shelley, an important straw poll was conducted.
The question – do you think HCBs should be available year round?
A resounding yes from these legends.
This entire group (bar one) said no, including a suggestion that raisin toast is the same thing anyway. Blasphemy!
It was a yes from these guys, despite being gluten intolerant (so that counts for more, in my opinion)
Mixed answers from this team, leaving me with some things to ponder, like would the special effect they have no longer exist if they were freely available? Is it their limited availability that is such a drawcard? Thanks for the deep thoughts, guys!
BIG yes from these blokes.
Another mixed group, with the no vote winning, 5 to 1.
These guys were all aboard the yes train, good answer!
These guys really wanted their yes vote to count when I lobby Baker’s Delight with my proposal, so they jumped in and voted yes again.
The swim back – motivated by the thought of HCBs, I think I swam a little faster than usual today.
Look who I spotted?
So what do you think? HCBs 365 days of the year – yay or nay?
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395 swimmers
20 newbies
21.3 temperature
Laura
8 comments
JK
15/04/2017 at 1:00 pm
Nice blog Laura, enjoy your HCB’s
Michael S
15/04/2017 at 3:13 pm
Lovely blog Laura. It’s wonderful to ponder the great questions of life as you are gliding along through the water. The best way for clear thought.
John
15/04/2017 at 3:59 pm
Nice blog Laura. The shots of the swimmers silhouetted against the clear,bright sky look great. I also spotted a large Dusky wide of the point on the way back.
Have HCBs whenever you like.
Shelley K
15/04/2017 at 4:25 pm
Laura, you raise an important question and John (whichever the hell John you may be, could be one of dozens, how about a surname initial??) you are completely misguided in your advice to today’s youth to go ahead and have a bun whenever you like.
I provide a link to the definitive study on delayed gratification and success in later life, albeit the test was performed with ‘cookies’ not buns.
http://www.livescience.com/15821-cookie-test-control.html
To summarise the important findings: Kids who succumbed quickly to temptation often had lower SAT scores, a higher body-mass index and a slightly increased risk of substance abuse later on. Just as we should not accept an artificially extended season of mangoes and figs,with attendant risk of diminished quality of produce and satiety fatigue, the supply of HCB should be strictly limited to a maximum period of four weeks around Easter. Any other response is, frankly, a risk to civilisation.
(Unless you’re Paul Every who has to pork up considerably before his marathon swim in Japan in August)
Lainey
15/04/2017 at 6:23 pm
What a lovely blog Laura. You are funny Shelley and yes fess up John!
Elizabeth
15/04/2017 at 9:17 pm
What swim is Paul Every doing in Japan.
edwina harrison
15/04/2017 at 11:31 pm
I want to know about the marathon swim too! Paul! shelley tell all 🙂
Paul
16/04/2017 at 12:57 pm
Even so, Shelley, I’m also a seasonal HCBer.