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The Queen banned them. 50,000 people rioted anyway. 🍞👑
In 1592 Queen Elizabeth I banned the sale of spiced buns. You could only buy one on Good Friday. Christmas. Or at a funeral.
So every Good Friday the Chelsea Bun House opened at 3 in the morning. And the crowds came. George II came. George III came. Queen Charlotte turned up and gave the baker a silver mug containing five guineas as a thank you. 👑
In 1792 the crowd got so out of hand that the baker Mrs Hand publicly announced there would be NO hot cross buns the following year.
She changed her mind.
In 1839, the last year of the Bun House, they sold 240,000 hot cross buns. In one day. 🇬🇧
The nursery rhyme dates to 1733. You are still eating them today.
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