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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 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh jesus, here we go.

That would be a bun.

[–] Anomander@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

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

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

That's a bap, innit.

[–] rarkgrames@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] rarkgrames@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No it’s still a roll. 🙂

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Classic

It's a bun

[–] rolaulten@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you call rolls that you eat at lunchtime?

[–] rolaulten@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Brunchfast of champions to students everywhere.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Roll, too small for a bap

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

Breadcake, growing up in Doncaster.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

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

Wit bolletje or just bollen, i’m Dutch.

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[–] codapine@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
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[–] leraje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

That's a bap.

[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

It's a bap.

It's like I'm still on reddit.

[–] Velveteen@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] codapine@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of my girlfriends arse cheeks.

She affectionately calls them her "Hot Cross Bums"

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

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

[–] grumpyoldgit@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago
[–] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Barmcake for sure

[–] Teknikal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

It's not even burnt!

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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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