Hot Cross Buns

This is why I love England. It's tea time and I've settled into my dilapidated loveseat with a cup of Tetley tea and a toasted hot cross bun. It's only my second ever hot cross bun and this is because they only seem to appear in the shops after Christmas, where they are a mainstay until the Easter holidays.

Who else thought they were "Hot Crossed Buns"?

They are akin to cinnamon raisin bagels, without the bagel and with more fruit. Toasted with an excess of butter seems to be the nationally recognized method of consumption and far be it from me to rebel.