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what do you call it?

newname0 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:05:36 GMT

I remember getting irked when having young bakery clerks refer to everything as a donut. When I was young it was first called a bismarck, then a sweet roll, then a Danish and I think now clerks refer to them as donuts.

What do you prefer calling the thing you eat with coffee today? Is there a new name?

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Desertdi — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:08:24 GMT

I'm kinda partial to almond bear claws..........

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Suzeecat — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:08:27 GMT

Whatever I want, I call it what it is labeled in the counter. I want to be sure to get exactly what I want.

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Havarti — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:46:40 GMT

Where I come from...those are all completely different things.

A donut is round with a hole in the middle and made froma cake-like dough. It might be plain, frosted with a glaze, rolled in powdered sugar, or rolled in cinnamon sugar, etc. Donuts are usually fried individually, then frosted/coated.

A bismark has no hole. It may be round or rectangular and has a filling in the middle and is made from a cake like dough. It may contain a custard, or jam or jelly. It may be frosted with glaze or plain. Bismarks are usually fried individually, then stuffed, then frosted.

A sweet roll is often round (but sometimes square - depending on how they are cut). They are baked in a pan (not fried). It may be a rolled bread-like dough with cinnamon, maybe nuts put on the dough before it is rolled so you will find it throughout the roll once it is baked. A pan of sweet rolls are baked together then frosted with a glaze when nearly cool and pulled or cut apart into individual rolls.

A danish is often a round roll - but may be rectangular - that is made of multi-layered dough (sort of like a puff pastry) to make it more flaky. It is baked and frosted with a gaze frosting when nearly cool. It may contain a fruit filling, but not necessarily.

They would all be found in a typical bakery case but each is different and has its own name.

I like a good donut, or a custard filled bismark, or a carmel pecan sweet roll. I am not so much into danish, but would not turn down any of them with a good cup of coffee.

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sunshine45 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:06:48 GMT

@newname0 wrote:
I remember getting irked when having young bakery clerks refer to everything as a donut. When I was young it was first called a bismarck, then a sweet roll, then a Danish and I think now clerks refer to them as donuts.

What do you prefer calling the thing you eat with coffee today? Is there a new name?

never remember hearing the word bismarck.

a sweet roll, a danish, and donut are all three different items to me. have not really heard anyone mix up those terms.

a donut has a hole or not if it is filled and is traditionally linked with coffee because people like to dunk them......hence the business name "dunkin donuts.".....remember when the plain dunkin donut had a little " donut handle" on it?

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:39:01 GMT

I have no clue what a Bismarck is and I have called a roll a roll but never a sweet roll. A roll would be eaten with dinner.

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Diva on The Q — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:52:05 GMT

@Havarti: Maybe it's a regional term, but I have never heard of a bismark. What you've described sounds like what's called a paczki in my neck of the woods. Learn something new everyday!

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sunshine45 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:55:09 GMT

if a bismark looks like this (from what you have described), we call them logs or long johns...... they can be topped, filled, or topped and filled.

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Desertdi — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:18:03 GMT

A bismarck is a round fry cake.....usually filled with custard, or raspberry jelly, and topped with icing, powdered sugar, or granulated sugar.

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KentuckyWoman — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:19:44 GMT

If it's a donut, eclair, cinnamon bun, glazed croissants, danish, or bismark is what I order. Everything is not a donut.

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Havarti — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:27:51 GMT

@sunshine45 @Diva on The Q

Yes, a bismark is also called a long john in my area. I have never heard the term "logs" or "pacski" for them in this area. There must be regional names for so many things depending upon our heritage/ancestors who set up living in different areas of the country. I am sure many of these are terms they brought with them from their orginal countries & culture and have been passed down for generations. Whatever these things may be called, they are all delicious treats & I am glad they have lasted for generations.

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Sooner — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:25:14 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
if a bismark looks like this (from what you have described), we call them logs or long johns...... they can be topped, filled, or topped and filled.

That's a long john. A maple long john is my favorite!!!!!

There are donuts (yeast dough, round with a hole in the middle and fried), and there are cake donuts (cake batter based and fried, round with a whole inthe middle).

There are apple fritters, globby things fried, which I cannot stand! LOL!!! I don't like any of those large, fried things that get really brown when being cooked. To me they are greasy and awful!

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newname0 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:25:21 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
A bismarck is a round fry cake.....usually filled with custard, or raspberry jelly, and topped with icing, powdered sugar, or granulated sugar.

Right you are.

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Sooner — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:26:15 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
A bismarck is a round fry cake.....usually filled with custard, or raspberry jelly, and topped with icing, powdered sugar, or granulated sugar.

That's called a filled donut around here. Cream filled donut, jelly donut, etc.

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PinkyPetunia — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:30:59 GMT

Don't forget the cruller! You don't hear that much anymore.

I agree that everything is not a donut.

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newname0 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:34:40 GMT

@KentuckyWoman wrote:
If it's a donut, eclair, cinnamon bun, glazed croissants, danish, or bismark is what I order. Everything is not a donut.

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Pook — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:36:49 GMT

I don't care what anything is called. It's the taste that matters.

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mspatmac — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:54:04 GMT

@newname0 wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
A bismarck is a round fry cake.....usually filled with custard, or raspberry jelly, and topped with icing, powdered sugar, or granulated sugar.

Right you are.

All my life I have called this a jelly donut and I love them. Could it be a regional thing? I grew up in NJ. all other definations I am used to.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:58:15 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
@newname0 wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
A bismarck is a round fry cake.....usually filled with custard, or raspberry jelly, and topped with icing, powdered sugar, or granulated sugar.

Right you are.
All my life I have called this a jelly donut and I love them. Could it be a regional thing? I grew up in NJ. all other definations I am used to.

Yup; this is a jelly donut. I agree that everything is not a donut, but this one is (where I'm from anyway.) I've never heard of a Bismark.

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:02:02 GMT

Our grocery store calls what @sunshine45 posted a photo of a bismark and other places label them as long johns. Both are types of doughnuts.

These are definitely not the same as a coffee roll or sweet roll. And coffee rolls and sweet rolls are not the same as a donut.