A pan loaf is a style of bread loaf baked in a loaf pan or tin.[1][2] It is the most common style available in the United Kingdom, though the term itself is predominantly Scottish and Northern Irish so as to differentiate it from the plain loaf. The pan loaf has a soft pale brown crust all round the bread, in contrast to a plain loaf's darker crust only at the top and bottom.[2]
| Type | Bread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | Scotland |
Idiomatic usage edit
A pan loaf was once more expensive than the then more common plain loaf.[1] Therefore, in Scots and Scottish English, to speak with a pan loafy voice is to speak in a posh or affected manner, e.g. the distinctive accents of Kelvinside, Glasgow and Morningside, Edinburgh.[1][2][3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Robinson, Mairi (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen University Press. p. 472. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.
- ^ a b c "Useful Scots Words: Pan Loaf". Caledonian Mercury. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: pan n1 v".
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