kummelweck

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See also: Kümmelweck

English

Etymology

From German Kümmel (“caraway”), Weck (“roll”) (in south-western dialects).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: küʹməlvĕk, IPA(key): /ˈkuməlvɛk/, (anglicized also) /ˈkʌm-/, /-wɛk/

Noun

kummelweck

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  1. A bread roll (typically a Kaiser roll) sprinkled with koshering salt and caraway seeds, often served with thinly sliced roast beef, popular in western New York.
    • 1962, The Children's Hospital of Buffalo cook book:
      This is perfect for a large cocktail party served with small kummelweck rolls.
    • 2007 January 16, Karla Cook, “The Food Connection”, in New York Times‎:
      Beef on weck, Mr. Stern said, is one of the great roast beef sandwiches in the country — very thinly sliced rare roast beef on a bulky hard roll, also called a kummelweck, topped with big-grained salt and caraway seeds.

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