A tragic side-effect of growing up in a former colony are the vestiges of colonial culture that make absolutely no sense to a developing mind. Like old English nursery rhymes.
"Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns, one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, If you have no daughters, give them to your sons, one a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross Buns"
After 30 years of existence, I finally know what the fuss is all about. Discovered at a bakery in St. Lawrence Market. Five minutes in a warm oven yields a delicious, crusty treat scattered with sweet raisins and the obligatory cross on top. I doubt this is the original English version, but hey - it's a hot cross bun!
Yum.. and some delicious marmalade to go with it! :)
ReplyDeleteHey Ameet,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my b-school post... simply LOVED it.
Howz you? Hope all well.
The hot-cross buns ditty reminded me of another one. It's amazing how much queer subtext they have.
"Molly, my sister, and I were out
And what do you think it was all about?
She loved coffee and I loved tea
And that was the reason we could not agreeee!"
Hm. Never heard of hot cross buns. But yes, I can certainly relate to singing little childhood songs that seem to make no sense. Then we grow up and really learn what it's about and gasp! Case in point: Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posie, upstairs, downstairs, we all fall down.
ReplyDelete(I've also heard it ashes, ashes, we all fall down).
Lovely. A children's song about the plague.
manu: will try marmalade next time
ReplyDeletewr: English nursery rhymes are subtext galore
autogato: Apparently thats how they taught history to little kids in Britain. On a tour of the Tower of London, the guide said "Humpty Dumpty" is a tale of some English king.
Sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteReally? Humpty Dumpty as a king? I never knew that! I'd like to know more about it. I'll have to look into it. It is weird to think of an egg sitting on a wall, but I thought it was just children's fantasy. But now that you say that, the king's horses and men does have a political ring to it.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I looked it up. Some sources say it was a cannon. Some say it was an obese person.
ReplyDeleteHmm....
The warders at the Tower of London (where apparently the 'wall' lies) have their own version of this story. I wish I had a blog then - we'd have a written record.
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ReplyDeletethanks for ur b'day wishes!
english nursery rhymes r quite interesting..most ppl know about ring-a-ring-of-roses being a song about the plague
there is also
georgie porgie pudding and pie
kissed the girls and make them cry
this is suposed to be a parody on king george the i-cant-remeber-which-one who beheaded his wives
sing a song of sixpence is supposed to have some connection with piracy
dang, now im tempted to do some reading on this
but talking about nursery rhymes, you must read my blogpost on nursery rhyme spoofs
http://totaltrauma.blogspot.com/2005/09/very-naughty-nursery-rhymes.html
So maybe it should have read
ReplyDeleteGeorgie Porgie pudding pie
Kiss the girls and...lop off their heads?
:)
Thanks, TQ!!!
I love bread and butter in general. The more the diets like South Beach deny it, the more I crave this comfort food.
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