What are these called where you are?
From Fife so these are rolls. Roll on sausage, roll on bacon etc. Heard them called different things in different parts of UK.
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From Fife so these are rolls. Roll on sausage, roll on bacon etc. Heard them called different things in different parts of UK.
Oh jesus, here we go.
That would be a bun.
"Is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?"
That's a bap, innit.
Londoner here. That’s a roll that is. Unless you’re putting a burger in it, then it’s a bun.
Or you’re putting bacon in it, then it’s a bap
No it’s still a roll. 🙂
Perhaps I’ve been corrupted by northerners.
Let’s just agree that it’s delicious
Ha ha absolutely
Sneaky colonial sneaking in here to agree with you. I'm from NJ and this is it exactly.
Classic
It's a bun
That is a bread roll, baps are wider and flatter and floured, might be a "batch roll" but only if really want to be totally clear on type
Right. If it's small (and soft) it's a dinner roll. A low quality one at that.
What do you call rolls that you eat at lunchtime?
Also dinner rolls. Now to be clear. I'm in the Seattle metro. We can be strange about some things.
Slather it in butter and use it to make a chicken supernoodle sandwich and then tell me it's low quality.
Brunchfast of champions to students everywhere.
We doing this are we? Recipe for disaster.
Anyway Geordie here but raised a Fifer too. So naturally they are rolls. All other answers are wrong. Confused the hell out of my Mum when we first moved up, and resulted in many an accidently bought iced buns.
What confuses me about most non-bun areas is that it's not just a different word, it's a collection of words and which one is correct seems to change based on size and consistency and even contents of said bun.
Are they always rolls, where you are now, or are they subject to a similarly complex system as elsewhere?
I'm in Edinburgh, and they are almost exclusively rolls, or morning rolls. Sometimes baps. Not sure that isn't just for the giggles. Never buns. A bun is sweet. But since this is a country that calls sugary fizzy drinks in cans "juice", I don't think we can take the high ground here.
Morning rolls, now? So we're not just changing the word at random based on all the other stuff but also on the time of day?
This reminds me of learning cases in other languages, where words change completely depending on context. And I hates it there too!
Well, this one in the photo is a morning roll. It may even be batch roll (baked as a half dozen so you rip them apart). You may have other rolls names after their attributes. Like a crusty roll, or a well fired roll, or a burger roll, or a dinner roll (smaller, crusty and you eat it with your dinner - which is the meal at the end of the day, not in the middle, that's lunch). But importantly they are rolls 😁
Roll, too small for a bap
Breadcake, growing up in Doncaster.
I'm scrolling through and so far this is the only one that feels objectively wrong.
Born and raised in Liverpool. It's a bap. A bigger, wider one is a barm (barm-cake) and here in the US of A, they like to call the particular sort from the picture, a dinner roll.
Doesn't get called a lunch roll if it's lunch time.
Wit bolletje or just bollen, i’m Dutch.
Was going to say something similar. Wit bolletje translates to white little ball, so not far from roll.
We also call them zachte bolletjes or soft little balls. Or just zacht broodje which means soft little bread. As opposed to harde broodjes (hard little breads) which I guess refer to keizerbroodjes (little emperor breads (the bread being little, not the emperor)) which are emperor rolls.
My family is from Limburg, Netherlands, but we may also have been a bit weird. This is just Dutch, by the way, not Limburgish.
Baps!
Bread bun
Not from the UK, but that’s a roll. If it were larger, it would be a bun, but that is most definitely a roll.
How big is a "bun" to you then? What's the cutoff?
While not claiming to be any authority on the bread sciences, I’d say that a roll is roughly the size of just the palm, while a bun is closer to the size of the full hand.
A bun also passes the Burger Test: Could you easily fit a burger on this bread? If yes, it’s a bun; if no, it’s a roll.
*makes notes*
See I don’t know if it’s a size thing. I think it has to do with accessorizing. If you put a filling in it, or iced it, it’s a bun. But plain it’s just a roll.
It's a roll but of the inferior type, you need a crispy Morton's roll that's where it's at
OP is from Fife, I can tell you that would be a "well-fired roll"
Edit - like these - https://rendallsbakery.co.uk/shop/rolls-teabread/well-fired-rolls-4/
King's Hawaiian is my roll/bun of choice as an American.
To be a roll it has to be made of bread, not sugar 😂
I'm American, my body rejects anything that's not at least 50% sugar. I go into withdrawals.
I'm sure someone will sell you some overpriced medication for that mate
I couldn't afford it even if my private health insurance did cover it.
If its soft it's a roll. If it's hard its a bap.
Cob mate
I'm inclined to agree with you, but I'm not sure if it looks crusty enough.
Id call a crusty cob a...well, a crusty cob. A normal (none crusty) cob is just a well, a cob.
Still. We're splitting hairs here. Mon' the Cob!.
It's a bap.
It's like I'm still on reddit.
Rolls. They pale in comparison to the mighty Well Fired Roll though.
That the one that is essentially charcoal and requires metal teeth?
It is indeed. Magic with some slice, tattie scone and an egg
Bun
Less of your technical jargon, please.
First name that comes to mind for me is it's a bap.
It's a batch.
Ohh that’s a new one to me. Where from?
Coventry.
One of my girlfriends arse cheeks.
She affectionately calls them her "Hot Cross Bums"
Barmcake for sure
That is a roll.
If you intend to put a burger in it, then it's a bun.
Norfolk.
I can't believe everyone has got this wrong.
It's a muffin.
(North Manchester / Lancs)
Sausage buttie.
It's not even burnt!
US, in Texas. That is a roll.
It's a roll, or more specifically they're called morning rolls, or at least that's what the company who delivers food for my work calls it.
I just call those bread rolls. It reminds me of when I first when to Scotland and went to a shop and asked for a bacon roll. They looked at me like I was mad and said, you mean a roll and bacon?
I'm in Connecticut, USA. If that's meant to be eaten with butter or used to sop up gravy, it's a roll. If you slice it in half and put a patty or other protein filling in it, it's a bun.
Blaa in south east of Ireland
Miniature bread loaf
Bap
Is it a roll, a bap, a cob or a flibble?
I switch between bap, teacake, oven bottom muffin.
And surely a roll on sausage is a roll between two sausages.
Aye, Scots is a back to front language at times.
Too small for a teacake.