The proper roll of government
 

Soft rye with caraway seeds.:p:

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Lovely. :)

If you find yourself in Reading Terminal Market, try the onion-poppyseed brioche rolls from Le Bus Bakery...om nom nom nom...you could make a pond scum sandwich with one and it would still be delicious.

And full of bright, or maybe darkish, green antioxidants.

Naked Juice brand Superfood sops!!

Isn't Kaiser a government role?

Some other government, Ja.

Correction: I was told these are really Jewish onion rolls.

I remember when Le Bus was an actual bus, parked on Penn campus.

I've always wondered about what makes a food 'Jewish'. Like Jewish Apple cake and 'Jewish' Onion rolls.

Noone says 'Jewish matzoh ball soup', 'Jewish blintzes', 'Jewish potato pancakes'.

Is this like the 'German potato salad' my wife sometimes buys or the 'Southern Cole Slaw' that have some kind of variation in the recipe?

And what about french fries and french toast?

English muffins.......

Russian Roulette.

I'd guess the answer is yes...I have seen lots of different kinds of potato salad for instance (just noticed 'deviled-egg' potato salad the other day, which sounds very interesting), and now at least three different kinds of onion rolls.

No variations on matzoh ball soup that I've heard of...

Potato Salad with Egg is a Pennsylvania Dutch variation, I think

Oh, and the Proper Roll of Government is clearly a Pillsbury Crescent Roll.

You have to do all the work, they're light, lack substance, and have a faux flavor to them. It's a croissant redesigned by a committee with all the interesting parts that might be hazardous removed (crisp flakiness, butter, ability to make really good French Toast out of).

I have seen potato pancakes described as Jewish, but the other two are so inherently Hebraic that they don't need the additional specifier. Like you don't have to prefix "British" on Bubble and Squeak or Spotted Dick. You just know they're the fault of the Brits and leave it at that.

German Potato Salad doesn't pull any punches. You know you're getting the full fat yumminess of oil and bacon in every bite. That one needs the specifier, because it's warning you of the lack of Mayonnaise, which is, of course, an evil French invention for sticking foods together.

there's non-jewish potato pancake?!

...also there's an ungoing argument if falafel is jewish or lebanonese.

my bet is that they invented the stuffing for something else and jews where the ones who thought "you know what's missing? a ton of oil"... possibly around chanuka.

It's a pretty widely distributed variant -- it's hardly the light-colored yellow version of potato salad without boiled egg in it. Sliced hardboiled egg or not is just an option.

The German potato salad with the red potatoes and vinaigrette and herbs is a different potato salad.