Sandwich roll

Sandwich roll
A Mexican sandwich roll or telera from Colonia Asturias in Mexico City
Alternative namesTelera
Mexican sandwich roll
TypeBread roll
Place of origin Mexico
Region or stateMexico and Central America
Main ingredientsFlour, yeast

Sandwich rolls (Spanish: telera), often referred as teleras or Mexican sandwich rolls, are a type of white bread usually made from wheat flour, yeast, water and salt, used in various Mexican sandwiches.

Etymology and terms

A crusty French-style sandwich roll is often called a birote, and this form of sandwich roll is typically found in Jalisco. The word telera comes from a similar bread from Andalusia. The term telera also means a either a plow pin or a corral and comes from Vulgar Latin *tēlāria. A tortero is one who is in charge of a sandwich roll.

See also

References

Specific

  1. ↑ Greathouse, Patricia (2009). Mariachi. Gibbs Smith. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4236-0281-1.
  2. ↑ "Mexican Slang Dictionary". Alasdair Baverstock. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Diana (2008-04-08). The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados: A Cookbook. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-307-38325-9.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots. Xlibris Corporation. p. 602. ISBN 978-1-4931-9113-0.
  5. ↑ Halse, Edward (1908). A Dictionary of Spanish and Spanish-American Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Terms: To which Some Portuguese and Portuguese-American (Brazilian) Terms are Added. C. Griffin & Company. p. 333.

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