New England Style Rolls

Is there a recipe, and technique for making New England Style Hot Dog Rolls @ home? No one in Seattle has even heard of them. I want to make some lobster rolls, but I want to do it right.
thanks

I've heard of people dissecting west coast buns ... doesn't work.

I've been thinking the same thing, a dog just isn't right without the right kind of bun ... (Dogs aren't a big deal out here. Coincidence?)

Maybe there is a place they can be mail ordered, in bulk, then frozen?

Nissen is my brand of choice.

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Originally posted by Macdaddy

Is there a recipe, and technique for making New England Style Hot Dog Rolls @ home? No one in Seattle has even heard of them. I want to make some lobster rolls, but I want to do it right.
thanks

You can order New England style hotdog buns from the following:

http://www.mapleandmore.com/

You can order baking pans to make New England style hotdog buns from the following:

http://www.bakingpans.com/custom_pans/PanALog/SpecPans.html

If, on the other hand, you do not want to go to all the trouble of ordering you can convert regular hotdog buns to New England style by making several cuts in a regular bun.

Typically, a side-cut bun has one side thicker than the other. Make a cut in the thicker side and widen the opening by removing the portion of the bun between the new cut and the original one. Then, using a serrated blade remove the outer portion of the thick side. This will leave you with a bun that has two flat sides. Then, just butter both sides and toast them.

King Arthur Flour has a special pan for New England style hot dog buns.http://shop.bakerscatalogue.com/items/Bakeware_and_Cookware.html

I recall seeing a recipe in a glossy cooking magazine several years back as part of a lobster roll recipe. I thought it might have been in Gourmet, but it doesn't come up on Epicurious. Based on our subscriptions in the past, if it wasn't Gourmet it was probably Martha Stewart.

I do recall that they were baked in a single flat loaf in a regular pan and then sliced into rolls. Sorry I'm not more help.

Here is a recipe for New England Style Rolls which I intend to try this week.

http://www.cooking.com/recipes/static/recipe4938.htm