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When is a bun not a bun?

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Ziggy62 Fri 22-Nov-24 13:07:32

Definitely a regionally thing
I was born in the midlands but my parents were from the north east now I'm living in Ireland, married to my 2nd Irish husband
Buying/ordering food in restaurants can be very complicated lol

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NotSpaghetti Fri 22-Nov-24 12:16:17

Buns are presumably all dough-based I would think.
Iced buns
Chelsea Buns
etc

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NotSpaghetti Fri 22-Nov-24 12:12:32

I'm from the North West Oreo
We had cobs, barm cakes and rolls.
Can't think of buns - but maybe...

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NotSpaghetti Fri 22-Nov-24 12:11:08

Isn't a bun traditionally the sort with dried fruit...
Like a "currant bun"

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Oreo Fri 22-Nov-24 12:10:48

His parents were very old if they lived in the 18th century😁
A Northern colleague calls a cupcake a bun so maybe a regional thing.

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watermeadow Fri 22-Nov-24 12:05:18

I looked up bun recipes only to find lots of fairy cakes. To me, buns are made from a yeast dough which you knead and leave to rise.
Fairy cakes are made from a cake mixture - butter, flour, sugar and eggs.
My husband used to call small cakes buns so I had to divorce him but he does not seem to be alone in this depravity. Is it a regional thing? Or an 18th C thing ( his parents were old)

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