kummelweck

See also: Kümmelweck

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kummelweck

1. A salty bread roll topped with caraway seeds and 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^[1]:

     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.

Alternative forms

• kimmelweck
• kümmelweck

Synonyms

• weck