Barm, roll, cob or bread-cake... Star readers debate the correct name for this food staple

Over the course of history there have been so many Great Yorkshire debates, however many of those pale in comparison to the correct nomenclature that could, or rather ‘should’, be applied to the humble bread-cake.
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What do you call the bready object that we use for all sorts, from sandwiches to soup dips and more? We thought it was only right to put it to our readers, just so they could share their views on what the correct name is for a bread-cake after sharing an image of the item(s) in question.

Here are a selection of our readers thoughts on this hugely controversial topic:

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Anne Monks responded first, “I say bread cake but my grandma called them Balm cakes and she made her own with “balm” which was the yeast which I had to fetch from the co-op.”