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What do you call this type of bread?
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:24 am
As Fangy has pointed out, different people have different names for the below item.
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But what do you call the domed, yeasty wheat treat that refuses to die?
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But what do you call the domed, yeasty wheat treat that refuses to die?
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:25 am
It is a multiple choice poll, for those of mixed heritage. 
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:26 am
I call them cobs but I've noticed that most people of my acquaintance call them baps.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:27 am
Here is a map that shows which names dominate in which parts of the UK.
https://www.globehunters.com/blog/mapping-the-regional-names-for-a-bread-roll.htm
https://www.globehunters.com/blog/mapping-the-regional-names-for-a-bread-roll.htm
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:06 am
I don't use them. 
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Fangirl Three Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:16 pm
I use 'bread roll' as the generic word.
Now, of those other options, some of them are local terms for a generic bread roll, some of them are national or local terms for a specific kind of roll.
Local general terms
batch
National specific terms
bap (a light roll for putting a burger in)
dinner roll (a very light roll, often a bit sweet, yuck)
Local specific terms
buttery (an eastern Scottish roll with lots of fat, a bit like a savoury croissant)
morning roll (Scottish chewy, yeasty roll)
I'm not sure about 'cob', some people, like Wendi, use it to mean any roll, whereas if I said 'cob' I'd mean a crusty roll.
Interestingly, I bought 4 bread rolls this morning, to have for my tea tomorrow. Delicious dense crusty wholemeal rolls, which Sainsburys choose to call 'rustic'.
Now, of those other options, some of them are local terms for a generic bread roll, some of them are national or local terms for a specific kind of roll.
Local general terms
batch
National specific terms
bap (a light roll for putting a burger in)
dinner roll (a very light roll, often a bit sweet, yuck)
Local specific terms
buttery (an eastern Scottish roll with lots of fat, a bit like a savoury croissant)
morning roll (Scottish chewy, yeasty roll)
I'm not sure about 'cob', some people, like Wendi, use it to mean any roll, whereas if I said 'cob' I'd mean a crusty roll.
Interestingly, I bought 4 bread rolls this morning, to have for my tea tomorrow. Delicious dense crusty wholemeal rolls, which Sainsburys choose to call 'rustic'.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Fangirl Three Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:18 pm
That map is wildly inaccurate by the way. I grew up in Essex and the first time I ever saw anyone call a bread roll a 'Vienna' was 30 seconds ago, when I saw that map.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:16 pm
Basically the entire concept of this thread is gravely, hopelessly, fatally flawed.
Bap, bun, bread roll.
Cob up north.
Vienna, indeed.
Bap, bun, bread roll.
Cob up north.
Vienna, indeed.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:52 pm
That image is wrong anyway, all this crazy talk is about the smaller Rol…these things:
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:49 pm
That is very true.
The picture Wendi posted immediately had me confused cos it looks very close textured and so I wasn't sure how big the 'rolls' were.
My immediate thought was they were proper-size loaves of sourdough.
The picture Wendi posted immediately had me confused cos it looks very close textured and so I wasn't sure how big the 'rolls' were.
My immediate thought was they were proper-size loaves of sourdough.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:51 pm
Also, the crust looks either hard and crunchy or soft like banana bread.
Or something.
Or something.
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:54 pm
Who are these Peakpx people?
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Butterfield Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:43 am
To me, a cob is more crusty and hard than a soft bread roll/bun.
A bap sounds a bit... common, something you'd have in a greasy spoon with plastic table cloths.
But likely oh so delicious at the same time.
"Wud ya lark the baircon bap, duck?"
A bap sounds a bit... common, something you'd have in a greasy spoon with plastic table cloths.
But likely oh so delicious at the same time.
"Wud ya lark the baircon bap, duck?"
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:44 am
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by Nightjar Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:54 am
Yes, I saw a cob in a chippy in that there Manchester once and it looked a bit more like these...
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:29 am
Nightjar wrote:Yes, I saw a cob in a chippy in that there Manchester once and it looked a bit more like these...
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by Nightjar Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:47 am
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Re: What do you call this type of bread?
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:51 pm
This tread is Cursed!!
See what I mean?
See what I mean?
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