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spring roll vs. summer roll

spring roll vs. summer roll: 's the difference?

Spring roll and summer roll are terms sometimes used for the same food item—a rice paper wrap filled with fresh vegetables and sometimes meat or seafood. However, a summer roll is served cold, while a spring roll can be deep-fried and sometimes has a wheat dough wrapper instead of rice paper.

spring roll

noun

  1. (in Asian cuisine) a cylindrical casing of rice paper, or sometimes wheat-and-egg dough, filled with a shredded mixture of vegetables and often meat or seafood, served fresh or deep-fried. Compare summer roll.

summer roll

noun

  1. (in Southeast Asian cuisine) a spring roll with a casing of rice paper, served fresh rather than deep-fried:

    Vietnamese summer rolls with peanut sauce.