Sandwich roll
Type of Mexican bread
 A Mexican sandwich roll or "telera" from Colonia Asturias in Mexico City | |
| Alternative names | Telera Mexican sandwich roll |
|---|---|
| Type | Bread roll |
| Place of origin |  Mexico |
| Region or state | Mexico and Central America |
| Main ingredients | Flour, Yeast, sugar, and water |
Sandwich rolls (Spanish: telera), often referred as teleras or Mexican sandwich rolls,[1] 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, this form of sandwich rolls typically found in Jalisco.[2] The word telera comes from a similar bread from Andalusia.[3] The term telera also means a either a plow pin or a corral and comes from Vulgar Latin *tēlāria.[4] A tortero is one who is in charge of a sandwich roll.[5]
See also
- Telera (Spanish bread)
- List of breads
References
Specific
- ^ Greathouse, Patricia (2009). Mariachi. Gibbs Smith. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4236-0281-1.
- ^ "Mexican Slang Dictionary". Alasdair Baverstock. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
General
- Muñoz, Zurita, (2013), Diccionario enciclopédico de la gastronomía mexicana. Ed. Larousse. ISBN 978-6072106192
External links
- Mexican Telera Sandwich Recipe at the Food Network
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