Kaiser roll

== English == === Alternative forms === kaiser roll === Etymology === Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. === Noun === Kaiser roll (plural Kaiser rolls) A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse. ==== Synonyms ==== (star-emblazoned round bread roll): Vienna roll Kaiser (shortening) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Kümmelweck ==== Further reading ==== Kaiser roll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia