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The Age Old Debate... What Is This???

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RoseDeWittBukatter · 16/06/2023 20:37

Obviously ... It's a cob!

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Tratjymp · 16/06/2023 22:21

Also called a softy.

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sherbertyellowteddy · 16/06/2023 22:22

Batch

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ThisIsTrifficult · 16/06/2023 22:36

It's a cob!!!

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CandyCaneLane0 · 16/06/2023 22:38

Cob

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wwydhere23 · 16/06/2023 22:39

Hairbrushhandle · 16/06/2023 20:40

You're on mumsnet so it's UPF

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booksandcats22 · 16/06/2023 22:14

But teacakes are sweet with dried fruit in

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That's a currant teacake. Hence toasted currant teacake. Teacake alone is a single-serving flattish bread thing for sandwich usage, not that it's a term I use.

For those objecting that breadcake and teacake are inaccurate because neither of them is cake, for the love of God never go near yellowcake or urinal cake.

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nina97 · 16/06/2023 23:00

A bap

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Soapboxqueen · 16/06/2023 23:03

It's a bread bun or bun

A roll is a crusty bread bun that's elongated (like a very small baguette)

A bap is a large bread bun

A scottish morning roll is like a bread bun but with a bit of crunch on top

A teacake has fruit in it

A stottie is for very hungry people (and bloody lush with ham and pease pudding)

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Justleaveitblankthen · 16/06/2023 23:15

A barm cake.

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goingtotown · 16/06/2023 23:16

Soft Roll.

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ATaleofTwentyCities · 16/06/2023 23:18

It's a roll.

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Calyx72 · 16/06/2023 23:24

Roll or bread roll

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Littleroundsponge · 16/06/2023 23:25

A cob if it's crusty and a barm if it's soft!

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bringincrazyback · 17/06/2023 00:03

Barmcake

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MojoJojo71 · 17/06/2023 00:04

It’s a bread bun

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CrumbliestCrumble · 17/06/2023 00:30

Roll

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fridaynight1 · 17/06/2023 00:36

CiaoBellisima · 16/06/2023 20:52

A cob is crusty, a soft one is a roll or bap. A bun is sweet.

Yes to a cob being crusty and a bun being sweet.

But have to disagree on the soft one - it's a barm cake.

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KnickerlessParsons · 17/06/2023 00:56

This is a cob

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MistyGreenAndBlue · 17/06/2023 00:57

Barmcake. But DH says it's a cob. He's barmy though. 🤣

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JaneJeffer · 17/06/2023 02:28

It's a pre-starter starter

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DiscoBeat · 17/06/2023 02:36

A soft bread roll

(I've never heard most of these other terms!)*

Same!

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Thurgie · 17/06/2023 02:56

We call them Parker House Rolls in Boston, MA. Named after the hotel that invented them in 1854.

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Deathbyfluffy · 17/06/2023 03:02

BillieShears · 16/06/2023 21:23

Those who claim it's a roll, what do you ask for when you go into a cafe and want a sausage cob??

No one has ever asked for a sausage cob - don’t worry!

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RoseDeWittBukatter · 17/06/2023 05:08

BillieShears
Those who claim it's a roll, what do you ask for when you go into a cafe and want a sausage cob??

No one has ever asked for a sausage cob - don’t worry!

People do ask for sausage cobs though.

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Greycheck · 17/06/2023 05:14

It's defo a batch.

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