| 11. | Traditionally served on Good Friday ( the Friday before Easter ) and during Lent, Hot Cross Buns are good anytime.
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| 12. | The practice may have been based upon the belief that hot cross buns baked on Good Friday would never decay.
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| 13. | And Lent spawned such things as hot cross buns, pretzels and alternative rice and lentil dishes that replaced traditional foods.
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| 14. | With one or two a penny hot cross buns ", which appeared in " Poor Robin's Almanack " for 1733.
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| 15. | Hot cross buns may go on sale in Australia and New Zealand as early as New Year's Day or after Christmas.
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| 16. | The hot cross bun is a popular British sweet bun traditionally eaten on Good Friday, but are now eaten all year round.
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| 17. | Hot cross buns, cakes, Easter bunnies and Easter Eggs will come in all shapes and sizes for eat-in or take-away, available from RM1.50 each.
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| 18. | Most of these pieces, in the words of John Beckwith, " rate as works of art little more than a hot cross bun ".
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| 19. | A festive atmosphere exists, with the sale of drinks, hot cross buns and other local snacks like the traditional " kueh ko chee ".
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| 20. | The first definite record of hot cross buns comes from a London street cry : " Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs.
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