Re: Religion returns to Easter

In article <memo.20080316151732.996A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Paul Dormer <prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <kzaDj.24134$XI.15924@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jette) wrote:
>
>> > Even though I'm an atheist, I bought a batch of hot cross buns last
>> > week.  I like the taste.
>> 
>> So do I - but you can get hot cross buns all year round now!
>> 
>
>Never seem to spot them except in the run up to Easter.
>
>It's the same with mince pies.  You can only seem to get them in Tesco
>in the two months before Christmas.  Friends tell me you can get them
>all the year round, but I've never seen them.  I stock up in December
>and freeze them so I can have them the rest of the year.

At least you can get them SOME time of the year.  The last time I
saw a minced pie in the US was at a historical-reanactment joint.
Though Durgin Park in Boston did have "Mince pie available in season"
on the menu.  I asked when they were "in season", and was told "Never".

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