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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    that's cleared that up. Thanks everyone  :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited September 2023
    Breadcakes in our house when I was a child. OH calls them bread buns. To me a bun is an individual-sized sweet cake, as in currant buns, Chelsea buns, crispy buns etc. The alternative term bread roll seems to be more widespread these days - maybe imported from down south? Dunno. The long thin ones for hotdogs were always finger rolls in our house though. A cob was a large round crusty loaf of bread (kind of like the bottom part of a cottage loaf). The English language is a strange and wonderful thing in all its variations :D.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Just to confuse the Americans,  shall we tell him what a Barm Cake is? 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    He should have no difficulty in identifying with one
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    B3 said:
    He should have no difficulty in identifying with one
    😀😀😀😀😀😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I had to Google that one @Lyn. Looks like a breadcake to me :)

    pansyface said:
    …and if you were hoping to find a sandwich in a sandwich tin you would be sorely disappointed…
    Sandwich tins are for sandwich cakes (not buns unless they're tiny little sandwich tins) which are filled with jam and/or cream but not butter, unless it's made into buttercream in which case you don't put cream in but you can still use jam....... nice with a cuppa.


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    B3 said:
    He should have no difficulty in identifying with one
    I think that’s a Barm Pot you’re thinking of B 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is a barm pot a pruned barm potato @Lyn ?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    B3 said:
    Is a barm pot a pruned barm potato @Lyn ?
    In USA that’s probably correct. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Potato cakes are a whole different thing. And then there's potato scones.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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