What are your words for normal plain bread rolls?

[Rumpelstil]

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Regional names for bread rolls in Britain

britainexplained.com

Here’s a question for you: what is in this picture?

If you were going to say a ‘roll’ or ‘bun’, you’re wrong. The picture was taken in Dorset, so it is a bap. Of course, if the photo was taken in Nottingham, we might have said it was a cob. But if we were in Leeds, we would have called it a bread-cake.

A strong baking tradition across Britain means there are many sizes and types of plain wheat bread rolls – and they their own names, depending on the region. In bakeries you can find the local speciality. This could be a barm cake, bread-cake, bap, batch, bun, buttery, muffin, cob, oven bottom, roll or stotty.

To add to the confusion, some names mean more than one thing. In the area north of Manchester, bread rolls are called ‘teacakes’. But in Scotland, a teacake is a type of biscuit topped with marshmallow. Across the country, it can also mean a large, flat sweet bun with raisins.

If you’re out shopping and don’t know what to ask for, ‘bread roll’ is universally understood.

• You can read more about what people call their bread rolls in this YouGov survey.

 

[Rumpelstil]

When is a bread roll not a bread roll? When you’re in the North East, North West and parts of the Midlands, according to new data from YouGov Profiles. Almost 25,000 English people were asked what name they most often used for a bread roll, with the results uncovering significant regional variations.

Cobs, buns, baps or barm cakes: what do people call bread rolls? | YouGov

New data from YouGov Profiles reveals the regional differences in the names used for a bread roll

yougov.co.uk

 

[Rumpelstil]

Two already say:

bun, roll, bread roll

 

[Rumpelstil]

In German such a thing may be a Weck, a Semmel, a Schrippe - or usually a Brötchen.

"Brötchen" is difficult to say for English speakers

 

[Common Sense 1]

normal plain bread rolls​

 

[venice_ca]

Roll, bread roll, or panino.

 

[Emily L]

Cooked dough.

At least, that's how I order it at a restaurant.

( )

 

[Rumpelstil]

Roll, bread roll, or panino.

When in Tessin in Switzerland, I often bought panini.
In France I bought petits pains.
In Austria I bought Semmeln.
And in Denmark I bought rundstykker.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Cooked dough.

At least, that's how I order it at a restaurant.

Not baked dough?

 

[Jessie C]

There are literally too many to mention. Dinner rolls, kaiser rolls, submarine or hoagie rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns; ciabatta bread, crescent rolls, croissants and at least a dozen other "plain" dough breads.

 

[Artymoon]

"Pass the bread" usually covers anything that is on the table. If there is more than one option, then it's "pass that bread right there".

 

[Bok Tuklo]

Roll or, when I’m feeling fancy, dinner roll.

 

[noonereal]

More on this topic:

Baps to barmcakes

Regional names for bread rolls in Britain

britainexplained.com

Serious question. What is a normal plain butter roll?

Never heard of these names nor saw rolls like that.

 

[Rumpelstil]

There are literally too many to mention. Dinner rolls, kaiser rolls, submarine or hoagie rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns; ciabatta bread, crescent rolls, croissants and at least a dozen other "plain" dough breads.

I llooked up kaiser rolls:

The Kaiser roll (Emperor roll, German: Kaisersemmel), also called a Vienna roll (Wiener Kaisersemmel; as made by hand also: Handsemmel, Slovene: kajzerica), kajzerka or a hard roll, is a typically crusty round bread roll, originally from Austria. It is made from white flour, yeast, malt, water and salt, with the top side usually divided in a symmetric pattern of five segments, separated by curved superficial cuts radiating from the centre outward or folded in a series of overlapping lobes resembling a crown.[2] The crisp Kaisersemmel is a traditional Austrian food officially approved by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture

Kaiser roll - Wikipedia

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As a Semmel is a Weck in our region, we call them Kaiserweck.

 

[Rumpelstil]

"Pass the bread" usually covers anything that is on the table.

We make a clear distinction between Brot = bread and Weck = roll.

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ muffin

A muffin is an individually portioned baked product; however, the term can refer to one of two distinct items: a part-raised flatbread (like a crumpet) that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened), or a (often sweetened) quickbread that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold. While quickbread "American" muffins are often sweetened, there are savory varieties made with ingredients such as corn and cheese, and less sweet varieties like traditional bran muffins. The flatbread "English" variety is of British or other European derivation, and dates from at least the early 18th century, while the quickbread originated in North America during the 19th century. Both types are common worldwide today.

Muffin - Wikipedia

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[Rumpelstil]

normal plain bread rolls​

Now: 8 rolls and 5 buns

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ hot cross buns

A hot cross bun is a spiced bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, which has been traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malta, United States and the Commonwealth Caribbean.[1][2][3] They are available all year round in some places, including the UK.

Hot cross bun - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Emily L]

Not baked dough?

Usually by the time I order it, I'm the one who is baked.



(Just kidding--I don't even drink. )

 

[Rumpelstil]

in case you are interested:

Brötchen >>> in all of Germany
Schrippen >>> in Berlin
Semmel >>> in Bavaria and Austria
Weck >>> in South-West Germany
Weggli and Mutschli >>> in Switzerland

Germany is quite de-centralized in many things

 

[Chagos]

I'm no fan and never was.

 

[Rumpelstil]

I'm no fan and never was.

Not even when there is a Bratwurst between the two half-wecks?

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ barm cake

barm cake

1. a round, flat bread roll (= a small loaf of bread for one person) 2. a…

dictionary.cambridge.org

Bread

• Anadama bread
• arepa
• bagel
• baguette
• bannock
• crouton
• crumb
• crumpet
• crust
• damper
• kaiser roll
• lardy cake
• loaf
• loaves
• malt loaf
• roti
• rye bread
• sippet
• soda bread
• spoon bread

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/topics/food/bread/

 

[Chagos]

Not even when there is a Bratwurst between the two half-wecks?

When I want Wurst, I want Wurst.

When I want meat loaf I eat meat loaf.

The hell with bread and even the hell with the Earl of Sandwich.

But I'll take a Leberwurstbrot, simply because German bread (and I mean bread, not that white muck) is the best in the world, both in quality and variety.

The English speakers from the Channel to the US West Coast have no idea on that, unless they've ventured out of their plastic pap.

 

[Rumpelstil]

But I'll take a Leberwurstbrot, simply because German bread (and I mean bread, not that white muck) is the best in the world, both in quality and variety.

The English speakers from the Channel to the US West Coast have no idea on that, unless they've ventured out of their plastic pap.

You are so right!
I enjoyed my time in Scotland, but I missed the real bread that I was used to eat in Germany.