Roggenbrötchen
Rye roll; darker, denser, for heartier sandwiches.
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Roggenbrot Sandwich
Rye bread sandwich; medium-dark rye.
Rindswurst
Beef sausage; all-beef Bratwurst, for those avoiding pork.
Rindermett
Beef Mett; raw beef version (like beef tartare), less common than pork.
Reuben Sandwich
Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing on rye; American deli-style.
Regensburger Wurst
Regensburg sausage; short, thick, smoked pork sausage, similar to Knackwurst. In roll with mustard.
Räucherlachs Brötchen
Smoked salmon sandwich; cold-smoked salmon (Lachs) on roll with cream cheese, capers, dill, onion.
Räucheraal Brötchen
Räucheraal Brötchen carries one rich ingredient: beech-smoked North German eel, golden and oily, laid into a roll with horseradish or, inland, warm scrambled egg. Its fish is now endangered.
Rahmschnitzel Brötchen
Cream schnitzel in roll; schnitzel with cream sauce.
Radieschen Brötchen
The radieschen brotchen is the everyday red-radish cousin of the Bavarian beer-garden Radi: a buttered roll, thin coins of crisp radish, a scatter of salt, eaten when the radish is good.
Quarkbrötchen
Quark roll; roll with fresh Quark cheese, sometimes sweetened.
Putenschnitzel Brötchen
Turkey schnitzel in roll; lean alternative.
Pumpernickel Sandwich
Pumpernickel sandwich; very dark, dense, slightly sweet Westphalian rye bread (steamed for 16-24 hours). With butter, cheese, or ham.
Presskopf Brötchen
Pressed head cheese on roll.
Pomm-Döner
Döner with fries; fries stuffed inside the bread along with meat and salad.
Pizzaleberkäse Semmel
Pizza-style Leberkäse; with peppers, olives, cheese inside. Modern variation.
Pizzabrötchen
Pizza roll; small roll topped with tomato sauce, cheese, toppings, baked. Bakery snack.
Pide (Turkish)
Turkish flatbread 'pizza'; boat-shaped bread with various toppings, from Turkish restaurants.
Philly Cheesesteak
American-style sliced beef with cheese; in larger cities.
Pferdeleberkäse
Horse meat Leberkäse; traditional in some regions, now rare.
Pfälzer Saumagen Brötchen
Pfälzer Saumagen packs pork and potato into a pig's stomach, poaches it below a boil, then slices and sears it. The Palatinate dish Helmut Kohl served world leaders, here laid into a crusty Brötchen.
Pannfisch Brötchen
Hamburg thrift food made portable: pieces of pan-fried cod, pollock, and haddock bound in a worked mustard sauce on a split roll. The hot, sauced member of the city's fish-roll family.
Obatzda Brötchen
A Bavarian beer-garden spread of ripe Camembert mashed with butter, paprika, caraway, and raw onion, laid thick on a crusty Brötchen and eaten with a radish and a beer.
Nutella Brötchen
Nutella roll; roll with chocolate-hazelnut spread. Very popular with children.