Bread rolls, buns, baps, barms, stotties, cobs ... what do you call yours?
In my life I have lived in numerous places across England and into Wales, and I have adapted what I call those lovely little circles (or occasionally squares) of bread to suit the region I'm in. There's no use in asking for something in a bakery that puzzles the shopkeeper, although they usually cotton on and look at you in sympathy for not know the correct terminology.
I am a Lancashire lass, born and bred in Manchester, and to us bread rolls were always called barms or barmcakes. When I moved up to Cumbria they were called rolls or teacakes, then I moved down south and suddenly they were baps, or bread rolls ... no one knew what a barmcake was. A teacake was once again was a bun with sultanas in it all ready for toasting.
Then in Wales a bread roll was a bap, and it was there that I discovered some lovely bread from Welsh bakeries. My favourite being the company on the wrapper in the top photo.
And now our Booths is selling Henllan Bakery products and I am very happy.
Each week just recently, in preference to a loaf of bread I have been buying a pack of four buns and using them in different ways. I do now have a sliced loaf in the freezer for toast emergencies, but who's to say a bread roll can't be toasted in place of sliced bread.
My four, or should that be five uses for my four bread rolls last week were:
This is the closed up version of the giant fishfinger butty mentioned on Saturday.
Half of a bun with two eggs scrambled, this made a lovely breakfast.
The other half of the bun with one third of a tin of baked beans for lunch the following day.
Another breakfast, this time with a bun sliced through and then flattened so it would fit better in the toaster.
Another day and a super filling lunch, an egg mayo open bun ... soooo tasty. 😃
And then I found a bonus bun in the freezer, so I fried four slices of Quorn vegan ham and had a bacon butty.
Seven days, five buns. It was a tasty week last week.
Now it's time to go out and buy a new pack.
So ... bread rolls, buns, baps, barms, stotties, cobs ... what do you call yours?
Sue xx
Rolls. But during my 20 years in Leicestershire they were cobs. My friends in the USA call them hoagies or subs [hence the Subway fast food shops i presume]
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'd never heard of hoagies. 😀
DeleteRolls but they look small for hoagies or sub rolls. I am glad you found lots to enjoy from one pack.
ReplyDeleteI had to Google hoagies after two mentions in two comments ... they are a sub. I do like a nice submarine roll, as does Alan , my very own real submariner. 😁
DeleteBread Rolls in Suffolk or sometimes baps for round ones
ReplyDeleteBread Roll is a good all round description countrywide isn't it. 😀
DeleteI’m currently using the protein rich small bagels as my lunchtime base instead of bread-they are making a tasty change. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThey are delicious aren't they. I've bought them when they've been on special offer in Sainsbury's. 😀
DeleteBread rolls or rolls. Unless they are hamburger buns or hot dog buns.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving all the different terminology. Yes, I would say hamburger buns, but then I would say hot dog rolls. 😄
DeleteFinger rolls or the round ones are baps. Can't beat a tasty wholemeal bap can you and your fillings/toppings look delicious!
ReplyDeleteAngie x
I think my favourites are always wholemeal, whatever the shape or name. 😀
DeleteMine too!
DeleteAngie x
There is nothing like a nutty cob down south; we used to get them when we lived in Bradford.
ReplyDeleteOoh ... a nutty cob, now that is very descriptive. 😀
DeleteAlways been rolls to me being a southerner, but having lived in the north and west have got used to folk calling them all sorts of other things !
ReplyDeleteYour rolly meals look delicious.
Alison in Wales x
Haha ... rolly meals will be their name from this moment on. 😄
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DeleteLoved your post about bread whatever you call them. It reminded me of when as a naive 18 year old in my first proper job which involved moving from my home in Peterborough (bread roll) to Leicester. I made my own pack lunch in bread bought at a local supermarket so didn't know the local name for bread rolls. My new work mates kept asking me if I wanted anything from the 'cob shop'. I had no idea what a cob was but no worries as I had my lunch. Eventually after getting to know my colleges better I pluck up the courage to ask what is a 'cob shop'. This caused quite a laugh when it was explained but as I have never left the East Middle Lands they will always be cobs.
ReplyDeleteJane a regular reader
Cobs, the only time I have used that word for a bread roll was down south for a really crispy hard roll. 😀
DeleteThe breads we eat are whole grain wheat, raisin bread, marbled rye bread and English muffins. I make biscuits (not cookies) and cornbread on occasion.
ReplyDeleteEnglish Muffins, or to us in the UK simply muffins, and biscuits are scones. Funnily enough I was watching an American lady making 'freezer biscuits' on YouTube this morning. 😀
DeleteBarmcakes until I left Manchester. I tend to call them bread rolls or soft rolls here in Oz.
ReplyDeleteThe first time we went into a chippy in Morecambe after moving back to Lancashire, and I asked for a 'chip roll' and the guy behind the counter said 'you mean a chip barm love?' I said 'YES' ... and I knew I was home. I explained and we both had a good laugh. 😁
DeleteHere in Canada we mostly call them buns. We have hotdog buns, and hamburger buns, and just regular buns.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I love it, nice and simple, and you all know exactly what you mean. And yet little old UK has soooo many variations over our small land mass. 😄😂
DeleteSue, here in the U.S. we call them buns :) But, there are all kinds of buns too! Hoagie buns, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, cinnamon buns. Now can you do a post on what exactly "tea" is? Is this a mid-afternoon snack or is it lunch? I've never quite figured this out :) Thanks! Here we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner (or supper, in the South) :)
ReplyDeleteHaha ... here you go then. 🙂 When we lived in southern England, like you we had breakfast, lunch and dinner, unless we were invited out to 'supper' which was a meal at 'dinner time' served usually in the kitchen. Unlike being invited out to 'dinner' which was much more formal and served later in the evening. Here in the north, tea is the evening meal (and obviously a hot drink enjoyed by many ... not me). So we have breakfast, lunch (or dinner) and then tea. We also have 'afternoon tea' in the UK which is completely different and served at any time in the afternoon. This treat is dainty sandwiches, cakes and scones, served with cups of tea or coffee, and occasionally prosecco.
DeleteThere you go nice and simple. 😄
Here where I live in S Wales I've only ever called them rolls, a Cob was what my grandmother called a small round crusty losf.
ReplyDeleteYes, when I hear the word cob, I expect a very crusty bread roll. 🙂
DeleteBaps are soft rolls, cobs are the crusty ones! x
ReplyDeleteI agree. :-)
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