Sandwich rolls (Spanish: telera), often referred as teleras or Mexican sandwich rolls,[1] are a type of white bread usually made from wheat flour, yeast, water and salt, used in various Mexican sandwiches.

Etymology and terms

A crusty french-style sandwich roll is often called a birote, this form of sandwich rolls typically found in Jalisco.[2] The word telera comes from a similar bread from Andalusia.[3] The term telera also means a either a plow pin or a corral and comes from Vulgar Latin *tēlāria.[4] A tortero is one who is in charge of a sandwich roll.[5]

See also

References

Specific

  1. ^ Greathouse, Patricia (2009). Mariachi. Gibbs Smith. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4236-0281-1.
  2. ^ "Mexican Slang Dictionary". Alasdair Baverstock. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Diana (2008-04-08). The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados: A Cookbook. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-307-38325-9.
  4. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots. Xlibris Corporation. p. 602. ISBN 978-1-4931-9113-0.
  5. ^ Halse, Edward (1908). A Dictionary of Spanish and Spanish-American Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Terms: To which Some Portuguese and Portuguese-American (Brazilian) Terms are Added. C. Griffin & Company. p. 333.

General

  • Muñoz, Zurita, (2013), Diccionario enciclopédico de la gastronomía mexicana. Ed. Larousse. ISBN 978-6072106192
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