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kummelweck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkuməlvɛk/
• küʹməlvĕk

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • This is perfect for a large cocktail party served with small kummelweck rolls. 1962, The Children's Hospital of Buffalo cook book:
   • 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. 2007 January 16, Karla Cook, “The Food Connection”, in New York Times:

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Synonyms

weck