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