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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.

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[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh jesus, here we go.

That would be a bun.

[–] Anomander@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

"Is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?"

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

That's a bap, innit.

[–] rarkgrames@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Londoner here. That’s a roll that is. Unless you’re putting a burger in it, then it’s a bun.

[–] Chris_ni@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or you’re putting bacon in it, then it’s a bap

[–] rarkgrames@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No it’s still a roll. 🙂

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Sneaky colonial sneaking in here to agree with you. I'm from NJ and this is it exactly.

[–] Jon-H558@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Sneckster@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Classic

It's a bun

[–] rolaulten@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Right. If it's small (and soft) it's a dinner roll. A low quality one at that.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you call rolls that you eat at lunchtime?

[–] rolaulten@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Also dinner rolls. Now to be clear. I'm in the Seattle metro. We can be strange about some things.

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Slather it in butter and use it to make a chicken supernoodle sandwich and then tell me it's low quality.

[–] codapine@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Brunchfast of champions to students everywhere.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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?

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[–] input@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Roll, too small for a bap

[–] Legolution@vlemmy.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Breadcake, growing up in Doncaster.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I'm scrolling through and so far this is the only one that feels objectively wrong.

[–] nero@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wit bolletje or just bollen, i’m Dutch.

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[–] codapine@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] Baba_au_rhum@fedia.io 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It's a roll but of the inferior type, you need a crispy Morton's roll that's where it's at

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[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
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[–] leraje@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

If its soft it's a roll. If it's hard its a bap.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

That's a bap.

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Rolls. They pale in comparison to the mighty Well Fired Roll though.

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[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 4 points 2 years ago

It's a bap.

It's like I'm still on reddit.

[–] Velveteen@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] codapine@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm inclined to agree with you, but I'm not sure if it looks crusty enough.

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[–] Kezza596@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That is a roll.

If you intend to put a burger in it, then it's a bun.

Norfolk.

[–] JTheDoc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One of my girlfriends arse cheeks.

She affectionately calls them her "Hot Cross Bums"

[–] grumpyoldgit@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Venicon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ohh that’s a new one to me. Where from?

[–] grumpyoldgit@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago
[–] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Barmcake for sure

[–] Teknikal@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

First name that comes to mind for me is it's a bap.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

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?

[–] dedido@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's not even burnt!

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Wooly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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.

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