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Caraway vs Kummelweck - What's the difference?

caraway | kummelweck |

As nouns the difference between caraway and kummelweck

is that caraway is a biennial plant, species: Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice while kummelweck is a salty bread roll topped with caraway seeds and often served with thinly sliced roast beef, popular in western New York.

caraway

English

(wikipedia caraway)

Noun

(-)
  • A biennial plant, , native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
  • The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
  • A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
  • * (rfdate). Cogan:
    • Caraways , or biscuits, or some other [comfits].

    Synonyms

    * (Persian cumin)

    References

    kummelweck

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia kummelweck)
  • 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.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 16, author=Karla Cook, title=The Food Connection, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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 *

    Synonyms

    * weck