{"id":743,"date":"2013-03-29T10:25:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T10:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2013-03-29T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T10:25:37","slug":"hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cross Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Array of Hot Cross Buns by Aidan Wojtas http:\/\/commons.  wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Array_of_Hot_Cross_Buns,_March_2010.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0e\/Array_of_Hot_Cross_Buns%2C_March_2010.jpg\/800px-Array_of_Hot_Cross_Buns%2C_March_2010.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Array of Hot Cross Buns by Aidan Wojtas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Hot Cross Buns<\/h2>\n<p>The hot cross bun, typically eaten on Good Friday, is a tradition that Christians appear to have adopted from pagans. It is said that the bun\u2019s cross was originally to quarter the bun with regard to the four quarters of the moon. However, Christians re-interpreted it as the cross of the crucifixion.<\/p>\n<p>Support your local bakery by buying a few hot cross buns today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot Cross Buns The hot cross bun, typically eaten on Good Friday, is a tradition that Christians appear to have adopted from pagans. It is said that the bun\u2019s cross was originally to quarter the bun with regard to the four quarters of the moon. However, Christians re-interpreted it as the cross of the crucifixion. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=743\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hot Cross Buns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[521],"tags":[597],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar-events-misc","tag-hot-cross-buns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hot Cross Buns - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=743\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hot Cross Buns - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hot Cross Buns The hot cross bun, typically eaten on Good Friday, is a tradition that Christians appear to have adopted from pagans. 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