When is a bread roll not a bread roll

[BrewMeHappy]

I'm just sat on my 6th Teams call of the day and I have glazed over and started thinking of random things to keep me sane.

I was just wondering what other local variant names of the humble bread roll are.

Now, from my neck of the woods 'cob' is typically used for the crusty variety, and bap for soft ones. I have a few mates in Coventry and they use 'batch' as a general term. I worked on a job in Yorkshire somewhere, I forget the town, but the cafe there asked if we wanted a bacon teacake instead of a sandwich that we had ordered. Puzzled by this we had to seek clarity as a teacake is a bread roll with a load of raisins in it normally, but not there - a tea cake is a cob.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

When is a bread roll not a bread roll

When its a Bun as we call them here in south Cumbria.

 

[Covrich]

Coventry they call them batches

 

[Banbeer]

I'm from Nuneaton (originally) and it's a batch, when my father in law was dating my mum in law, after having a few drinks he asked her if she wanted anything from the batch bar, she thought it was a (drinks) bar and declined as she didn't drink much. She then was slobering whilst watching him eat a sausage and tomato batch

 

[Northern_Brewer]

As we've been discussing in another thread, Yougov have done a survey on regional variations in England suggesting that overall 52% call them rolls, bun 10%, cobs 8%, barm (cake) 6%, bap 6%, tea cake (4%), muffin (3%), batch (2%) and 3% "others" that they suggest include “bread cake” and/or “scuffler” around the Humber.

A 2014 survey for Craft Bakers’ Week produced this map :

 

[The Baron]

A bread roll is long and elongated
A bread cake is round and what you have a sandwich with
A Teacake is round like a breadcake but has currants in it
A cob is a crusty loaf usually round and sometimes with another smaller round bit on top although this sometimes is called a cottage loaf
A small breadcake can be called a bap
A large flatter round breadcake is called a oven bottom cake
A that's from Yorkshire so its the law - Gods own County

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Rodcx500z]

O no it's not, they are barm cake's the bigger flatter one's are oven bottom barms here in Lanky which is gods little green acre

 

[The Baron]

Yes we do call baps buns sometimes but they are smaller than a breadcake

 

[The Baron]

O no it's not, they are barm cake's the bigger flatter one's are oven bottom barms here in Lanky which is gods little green acre

Sounds like war of the Roses is starting again. Just give me a minute while I get a spade and dig up Freddy Trueman and send him over to sort you lot out

 

[Rodcx500z]

Flintoff is on his way

 

[The Baron]

Not to take this thread off subject but I can remember Freddie Trueman being interviewed and the interviewer asked him "Who is the best Yorkshireman Fred ?" and his reply was " there's 6 Million of us and where all the best"

 

[Clint]

Why are bread things called cake? Cakes are sweet with jam and icing.

 

[BrewMeHappy]

As we've been discussing in another thread, Yougov have done a survey on regional variations in England suggesting that overall 52% call them rolls, bun 10%, cobs 8%, barm (cake) 6%, bap 6%, tea cake (4%), muffin (3%), batch (2%) and 3% "others" that they suggest include “bread cake” and/or “scuffler” around the Humber.

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A 2014 survey for Craft Bakers’ Week produced this map :
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I missed that thread. I'll have a read.

 

[The Baron]

That's wrong a Scuffler was created in Wakefield and are triangular in shape nothing to do with those pretend Yorkshiremen in the Humber

 

[Rodcx500z]

I once had a prawn huffer think it was in around st neots in were ever it is, it was square

 

[Clint]

Pie butties...now that's a rare delicacy.

 

[lupinehorror]

Pie butties...now that's a rare delicacy.

thought the 'roll and pie' was peculiar to up here in scotland.
glad to hear that such quality cuisine is enjoyed elsewhere.

 

[Clint]

Indeed! A meat pie between two thick slices of buttered white...with brown sauce. If you are pushing the boat out...slap a load of chips in it too.

 

[MmmBeer]

Clint, you're taking this thread off topic, talking about a pie in two slices of bread. You shoould be referring to this erm... delight? from the environs of Wigan, named the Pasty Barm.

Its right up there with the deep fried mars bar and jellied eels as local delicacies that I would really rather not try.