Kaiser roll

English thumb|right|180px|A Kaiser roll featuring its characteristic star. Alternative forms en kaiser roll Etymology en de Kaisersemmel, from de Kaiser emperor + de Semmel roll, so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Noun 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. en Jun 26 1989 Bill Watterson Calvin & Hobbes comic Did you see it?? It was the biggest bee in the world! It was the size of a Kaiser roll! It must've weighed 70 pounds! Synonyms star-emblazoned round bread roll en Vienna roll en Kaiser shortening Translations star-emblazoned round bread roll Czech: cs kaiserka f Dutch: nl kaiserbroodje n, nl pistolet m German: de Kaisersemmel f Hungarian: hu császárzsemle Polish: pl kajzerka f Serbo-Croatian: sh kajzerica See also en Kümmelweck Further reading en eponyms en Breads