Last week I picked up some hot cross buns from a small independent baker. Got home, cut one in half, popped it in the toaster, lightly toasted, put some butter on it and took a bite...
...as soon as I bit into it, I remembered buying the same buns last year and that I didn't like them... they have a faint smell of petrol or perhaps a whiff of chemicals.
Chalking it down to something the baker was doing, I purchased some from good old M&S and Sainsburys... all good, no issues.
However, today, I had a hot cross bun from Gail's and it had exactly the same flavour, a faint chemical almost petrol-like wiff. If I was being pretentious, I would say it was akin to tasting wine and that you get more of a flavour profile when pulling air into your mouth whilst having the wine, or in this case, hot cross bun in your mouth.
Now, before anyone says I'm going mad (which is fair and reasonable), on both occasions, I had someone independent taste the buns and they said the same thing, without being prompted.
Has anyone else noticed this? I can't work out what the spice/flavour profile would be but it isn't pleasant.
