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.
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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
Sneaky colonial sneaking in here to agree with you. I'm from NJ and this is it exactly.
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
Classic
It's a bun
Right. If it's small (and soft) it's a dinner roll. A low quality one at that.
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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?
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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.
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.
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Bread bun
Baps!
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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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.
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
If its soft it's a roll. If it's hard its a bap.
Bun
That's a bap.
It's a bap.
It's like I'm still on reddit.
Cob mate
I'm inclined to agree with you, but I'm not sure if it looks crusty enough.
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One of my girlfriends arse cheeks.
She affectionately calls them her "Hot Cross Bums"
That is a roll.
If you intend to put a burger in it, then it's a bun.
Norfolk.
First name that comes to mind for me is it's a bap.
Barmcake for sure
Blaa in south east of Ireland
I can't believe everyone has got this wrong.
It's a muffin.
(North Manchester / Lancs)
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?
It's not even burnt!
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.
Sausage buttie.
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