# Name for end piece of bread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215 "2007-03-23T17:43:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215/101 "2015-05-19T22:19:13Z")

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> [@dbtoo](#):
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> My dad who was of Polish decent always called it the krumka.

Interesting. _Kromka_ just means “slice” in Polish.

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**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215/102 "2015-05-20T18:42:56Z")

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> [@NinetyWt](#):
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> Bonus: If you’re Mom or Dad you don’t mind eating the heel. One more sammich for me ! 😃

This mom minds very much being stuck with the heel. :dubious: I’ll open a new loaf rather than eat the heels if I can. Blech. (Though I will eat the heel rather than stick my kids with it. :o )

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215/103 "2015-05-20T21:15:12Z")

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I’ve always called it the hell. And it’s my favorite part of a loaf. (Not a big fan of the brownie edges, though – I always liked the moist, chewie middles myself)

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**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-end-piece-of-bread/397215/104 "2015-05-20T23:18:58Z")

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I call it the heel. My father-in-law, whose parents spoke Russian and Yiddish, calls it the shpitz.

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