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pipe loaf


The Melbourne name for a loaf of bread baked in an enclosed, corrugated loaf tin so that the finished loaf has the shape of a piece of currugated pipe: A pipe loaf, please, baker - I like my round of toast round!! Compare tank loaf.

Contributor's comments: Term used in Adelaide & Mid-North SA.

Contributor's comments: Also used in Sydney (in the Baker's Delight chain for instance), though "tank loaf" is more common.