Celebrating a day of remembrance.
The celebration of ‘Soul Cakes’ is a perfect and respectful way to celebrate the 9/11 tragedy.
Here are today’s five thing to know about Hot Cross Buns:
- A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top.
- Ancient Greeks marked cakes with a cross, to symbolize remembrance of those who have past, ‘Soul Cakes’
- They are believed by some to pre-date Christianity, although the first recorded use of the term “hot cross bun” was not until 1733.
- It is believed that buns marked with a cross were eaten by Saxons in honour of the goddess Eostre (the cross is thought to have symbolised the four quarters of the moon); “Eostre” is probably the origin of the name “Easter”.
- In many historically Christian countries, buns are traditionally eaten hot or toasted on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the Crucifixion.
Today’s Pinterest Board : Hot Cross Buns
Today’s Food History
- 1721 Rudolph Jacob Camerarius died. A German botanist, he showed the existence of sexes in plants, and identified the stamen and pistil as the male and female organs.
- 1777 The Battle of Brandywine in the American Revolutionary War. The British win, enabling them to capture Philadelphia.
- 1851 Sylvester Graham died in Northampton, Massachusetts. He advocated vegetarianism, temperance and the use of coarse ground whole wheat (graham) flour. He developed the Graham cracker in 1829.
- 1959 Congress passed legislation creating the Food Stamp program.
- 1961 The World Wildlife Fund, a conservation organization, was founded.
Categories: Food Holidays, September Food Holidays
I am so with you! Have a great day
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Thanks and sorry to moan – it’s not you who set the holiday.
The blog is great – thanks for the effort 😉
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Thanks for the comment. Love to see what people think about Food Holidays .When SHOULD this day be celebrated? Summer seems too hot, it’s not a cold weather food, Spring maybe? It’s not like they are ‘grown’ a certain time of the year.
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It makes no sense at all – you can’t buy them at this time of year.
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I just post the food holidays as they come…This has been celebrated for years on this day. Some foods are celebrated more than once a year. What can I say…
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Believe it or not this ‘holiday’ has been around for years…not quite sure but…
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11th September my birthday .. and I love warm cross buns. Don’t mind sharing my day with them *smile
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I can’t see how it can be national hot cross bun day unless it’s Good Friday, which is generally March or April.
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Reblogged this on Meals on Wheels.
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If the hot cross bus is associated to Easter, who decided to make Sept. 11th the day of the hot cross bun? You probably have it noted somewhere on your blog about where these dates came from or maybe there wasn’t any real rhyme or reason to it!
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Reblogged this on randomly organized.
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