kummelweck

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

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^[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, Kümmelweck

Synonyms

• weck