Kitchener bun
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).
- An open-faced cream-and-jelly version of the Berliner (“jelly donut”) found in South Australia
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Etymology
A World War One rebranding exercise of the berliner/Berliner (“jelly donut”) to avoid its association with Berlin, Germany. Named after British General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
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