While visiting
papersky and
rysmiel last weekend, I had a hot cross bun for the first time. Seeing the buns on sale in the farmer's market never tempted me; toasted under the broiler and buttered, they're quite tasty. (From discussion, it's basically a teacake with a little bit of icing.)
Papersky said that she wouldn't buy or serve them except very close to Easter, because she feels that certain foods are and should be seasonal.
The hot cross buns came from a chocolate shop, and a rather good one; she generously asked if I would like an Easter chocolate while she was buying one each for rysmiel, Zorinth, and Alex. I said yes, resulting a dark chocolate allosaur. It was quite good, and of course there's no reason good chocolate can't be used in that sort of mold. (The people who got milk and white chocolate also seemed happy with their candy.)
I didn't try to bring the dinosaur home intact on the plane; instead, I took a few photos with my cell phone (life in the future) and then bit its head off for a snack with a cup of tea Monday afternoon, and then shared around pieces after supper. What was left, I tossed into the emergency chocolate bag in my daypack. I have now fed some to
cattitude, who asked what kind of dinosaur, was amused by the photo, and agrees that it's good chocolate.