Question about German breads.

When my Dad was stationed in Germany (1959-62), we ate LOTS of bakery goods, and esp. enjoyed a hard roll that was shaped like a hotdog bun, the top sprinkled with coarse salt and carraway seeds. I think the bread was a mixture of rye and white flour. Dad was stationed in Bavaria at the time and I don't remember having them when he was transferred to another base in Mainz. The closest I've come to tasting anything like it is a bialy.

Can anyone help me figure out what these rolls are called, and where I might be able to find a recipe. I googled "german breads" but didn't come up with anything useful.

http://www.recipesource.com/baked-goods/breads/10/rec1023.html

I'll keep looking.

growing up in Queens in NYC in the 50's . We bought them at a local bakery. I can't remember if the owners where German - although many of the neighboring shop owners were.


http://www.chandlersbakery.com/breadsandrolls.html

and were a childhood memory from a German area in the midwest. The bread itself was a light tan, submarine shaped, and the major part of the flavor came from the mixture of caraway seeds and coarse salt on top. There was no egg wash, as I recall, and the breads were not shiny. I was six years old when we lived there, though, so my memory might be a little foggy.

My guess on duplicating it would be to use a half and half white and rye soft roll recipe, brush it with a little oil fresh out of the oven and sprinkle with rye and coarse salt.

shaped, and salt/caraway seed topping being the predominant flavor. Thanks everyone for your help on this.

http://books.google.com/books?id=YioEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=german+salt+covered+roll&source=bl&ots=Yd8clfNliV&sig=xQqHTLrHjC_O__h4vpvd6Yb1CyQ&hl=en&ei=qSgYSrCFMoGitwfv--TeDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA83,M1


Sorry for the ridiculously long URL I googled "german salt covered roll" and this points to a cookbook page that has german roll recipes. I remember eating these as a kid visiting austria back in the seventies. Yum!

hope this helps!

on edit - the long URL was mercifully clipped by the good software of DU!

somewhere, somehow have the letters Z and W in my head, so I'm on a 'roll' to find it!

FOUND IT!

Beef on Weck!!! May not be YOURS, but at least I can get it out of MY mind!

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sandwich/BeefOnWeck.htm


This explains it (to ME, anyway!) In-laws in Buffalo, attended several parties there.

'a staple of Buffalo, New York'

salty kummelweck roll

Here's one recipe:

http://shelleysrecipebox.blogspot.com/2008/02/kummelweck-rolls.html

My mom loved them and would buy them at a downtown bakery.

a message board about food cravings:

Salt stick????
I had my first salt stick when I worked on Long Island with a group of 50 and 60ish Jewish and Italian ladies. The bakery where they were bought was well-known to them, but might as well have been on the moon to my Bronxite self. I have no idea what the name was.

I hear that I can find them at a good Jewish bakery - but where the heck do I find one? I asked at work and only my boss had heard of them - you guessed it - same age group, but he didn't know where to find a bakery that makes them. He promised my great good fortune (maybe a comp day) if I found a dozen or so for an upcoming meeting, and I'm dying for one myself.

Can anyone help??

If I *must* go to Long Island, I suppose I could, but there must be a Jewish bakery somewhere in the 5 Boroughs...right?

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Lisa R. Jan 26, 2005 08:29PM

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Kopps Bakery. 7409 Metropolitan Ave Middle Village, NY 11379-2636 Phone: (718)326-2350. ...


Get there early

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dutch Jan 27, 2005 12:36PM

Orwasher's Baker
208 E 78th St (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
Manhattan - 212-288-6569

I've bought salt sticks (I think they also had caraway seeds on them) here in the past, but I'd call first. Orwasher's makes a truly great Jewish rye. I don't know why, exactly, but I think my parents always called it corn rye. Slathered with a little schmaltz and a generous helping of chopped chicken liver and sprinkled with s&p, we just called it heaven. Of course, I was young and thin then and never gave a thought to cholesterol...

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Deenso Jan 27, 2005 01:29PM

I could be wrong but I am pretty sure the Bialy store in the LOE sells salt sticks.

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Arthur Jan 29, 2005 11:24AM

You can get them at Zabar's, though they are only intermittently available. Every time I come home to NY my mom has been prowling for them there for about a week in advance. If you can get them, buy them up and freeze them, unless I am about to visit, then leave some for me.
I am assuming you mean the caraway rolls with salt, right?

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Alice Jan 29, 2005 08:31PM