Paris buns are a sweetened breadlike cake similar to
scones. A recipe from an 1881 cookbook refers to Paris buns as "Scotch" and says that three of the buns cost a penny.
In popular culture
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John Dufresne included the story 'Lemonade & Paris Buns' in his 2005 short story collection ''Johnny Too Bad''.
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Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards.
As a teenager in t ...
mentions Paris buns in the song '
Cleaning Windows' from his
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
album ''
Beautiful Vision''.
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Sweet breads
Scottish cuisine
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