Sandwich rolls (), often referred as teleras or Mexican sandwich rolls, 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, and this form of sandwich roll is typically found in
Jalisco.
The word telera comes from a similar bread from
Andalusia.
The term telera also means a either a plow pin or a corral and comes from Vulgar Latin *tēlāria.
A tortero is one who is in charge of a sandwich roll.
See also
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Telera (Spanish bread)
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List of breads
Specific
General
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Muñoz, Zurita, (2013), Diccionario enciclopédico de la gastronomía mexicana. Ed. Larousse.
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