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Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.
by stevenwoo 3y ago
Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.
- jemmyw 3y agoLooks like hot dogs given the sauce selection. I didn't know there was a set length for hot dog buns.
- IshKebab 3y agoThey're baguettes. It would be super weird to have a hotdog in a cafe like that.
- stevenwoo 3y agoThere are two lengths I'm familiar with though I'm not an expert, the short for regular hot dogs one commonly sees on supermarket shelves in the USA and the long for foot long hot dogs and those breads in the photograph appear longer than the long or maybe just much wider than the long ones I've seen. Also, having a hot dog at a sit down restaurant would be slightly unusual for two adults in my experience, it's more a street/fair food or sports audience vendor food for people on the go that is easily eaten without a plate and utensils for the most part.
- gorgoiler 3y agoThey are sold in England with the French name baton: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256122878 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256122878 It’s possible this is derived from an actual French name for this kind of short baguette, but it might also just be that someone thought it sounded French-ish, and that French people use no such word. They are usually made to order from tubs of mayonnaise based fillings and pre-chopped salad. Here’s a closeup of one in its natural habitat: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186225-d1730346-Reviews-The_Copper_Kettle-Cambridge_Cambridgeshire_England.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=326391199 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186225-d17303...
- kmill 3y agoMaybe it's translated to English -- a conductor's baton in French is a baguette after all.
- dieselgate 3y agoLived with a French guy in college and have found it's easy to mistake "baton" with "putain".
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- stevenwoo 3y agoVery helpful photo there. The ladies appear to have nearly empty baguettes from the angle of the photo. This reminds me of the French derived Banh Mi that is available in areas of California and Texas that I have lived due to the expat Vietnamese populations.
- xwolfi 3y agoA baton is a "stick" in French. We do not use it for food, and the british are often using random French words to sound fancy.
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- optimate 3y agoJudging from the sauces and tea, it’s probably some sort of breakfast roll (containing a variation of egg, bacon, and sausage).
- dotsam 3y agoThey are baguettes. They’re eating at the Copper Kettle and these look like their ‘breakfast baguettes’
- ethomson 3y agoYes, that’s definitely the Copper Kettle. More interesting than the food, though, is the background. Those who aren’t familiar with Cambridge will see King’s College in the background, across the street, which many may know from the BBC’s Carols from King’s.