Bread Quest: Kaiser Rolls

There is an old Yiddish tale about the virtuous but hapless Bontche Schweig, who dies and is rewarded with a place in heaven. God tells him he can have anything he wants, to which he replies, “I’d like a roll and butter.”

I have always pictured a Kaiser roll as the roll that humble Bontche requested, but it would have been a far different roll than the crusty hamburger bun with a funny shape that passes for a Kaiser roll these days. This is another one of those “Why can’t they make