# Buttered roll-- a New York thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137 "2012-10-18T16:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137/161 "2017-08-12T20:13:30Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> And now a [follow-up from the writer](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/insider/buttered-roll-redux-a-lowly-breakfast-food-achieves-high-drama.html), on the flaming and criticism the article received. (“How dare I claim the buttered roll for New York, like some sort of cosmopolitan conquistador? I was called an elitist, a bubble-dweller who (apparently) spent my days snickering at rubes in flyover country.”)

This is proof that the internet can get worked up about literally anything.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137/162 "2017-08-12T20:30:17Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> It fits the description in the OP.

Not really. And if you look at the pictures posted, you’ll see it’s quite different (aside from being a kind of bread with butter). Its flatter and from the description much denser.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137/163 "2017-08-12T22:03:13Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> It fits the description in the OP. And yes, it’s tasty.

No it doesn’t. I even posted pictures.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137/164 "2017-08-12T22:07:06Z")

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That rowie looks a lot like [coco bread](https://piqueyeater.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/dscn1999.jpg) but coco bread is sweet, not savory. It is flat and fatty and yummy.

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