Fury at Morrisons as Christians slam new cheese – ‘not what Easter’s about’

A brand new cheese flavour from Morrisons has triggered an uproar with Christians saying it represents “the decay of Christendom”.

The Hot Cross Bun Cheese from the grocery store accommodates the standard components of cinnamon, blueberries and raisins. A equally flavoured cheese can be being bought at different retailers equivalent to Lidl.

The cheese, which is being bought for £1.25 per 100g on the grocery store’s deli counters, has triggered fury amongst Britain’s Christians.

Former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II Dr Gavin Ashenden instructed the Telegraph: “Why do they always have to pick on Christian symbols?

“It’s not just this, it’s also Cadbury’s gesture eggs. It’s as if anything Christian is being erased. What we are dealing with is the decay of Christendom and Christian culture.

“We have been instructed during the last 50 years that we reside in a multicultural society, the place everybody has a pitch, however that’s fallacious. It is everybody however Christians.”

Cheese historian Ned Palmer added: “The considered a sizzling cross bun cheese is making my toes curl…It’s a step too far.

“A hot cross bun is a lovely thing on its own, rather than some god-awful adulterous cheese that is probably over-sweetened. I wouldn’t mess with hot cross buns or cheese.

“To quote a famous line from Jurassic Park, ‘They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’.”

Campaign group Christian Concern mentioned the brand new product “loses some of the symbolism” of the buns.

Head of public coverage at Christian Concern Tim Dieppe mentioned: “I’m surprised and amazed. You lose some of the symbolism. I don’t think I would buy it.

“The concept of a sizzling cross bun is you’ve got a cross and all the varied spices, which characterize the struggling on the cross. I don’t actually perceive how one can flip all that into cheese.”

This will not be the primary time the new cross bun has triggered controversy not too long ago, with Iceland being slammed for changing the cross with a tick

The ornament on high of a sizzling cross bun is often produced from flour paste, which is claimed to characterize the cross on which Christ died.

Some culinary historians say the spices characterize those who had been used to embalm Christ after his demise.

Morrisons has been contacted for remark.