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Cecina (meat)
In Spanish, ''cecina'' is meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke. The word comes from the Latin (dry), via Vulgar Latin ''(caro) *siccīna'', "dry (meat)". Spain Cecina is similar to ham and is made by curing cow, horse or rabbit meat. The best known ''cecina'' is ''Cecina de León'', which is made of the hind legs of a cow, salted, smoked and air-dried in the provinces of León and Palencia in northwestern Spain, and has PGI status. Latin America The word ''cecina'' is also used to name other kinds of dried or cured meat in Latin America. Mexico In Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ..., most ''cecina'' is of two kinds: sheets of marinated beef, and a pork cut that is sliced or butterflied thin and coated with chili pepper (t ...
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Cecina
Cecina may refer to * Cecina (river), a river in Tuscany, Italy * Cecina (meat), a Spanish and Mexican culinary specialty made of beef * ''Cecina'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails in the family Pomatiopsidae * Cecina, Tuscany, Italy * Caecinia gens, an ancient Roman family * Farinata ''Farinata'' (), ''socca'' (), ''farinata di ceci'', ''torta di ceci'', ''fainé'', ''fainá,'' ''cecìna'' or ''cade'' is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. ''Farinata'' is a typical preparation of the no ..., a Tuscan culinary specialty made of chickpea flour See also * Caecina (other) * Čečina (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Spanish Products With Protected Designation Of Origin
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine ** Spanish history ** Spanish culture **Languages of Spain, the various languages in Spain Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain The culture of Spain is influenced by its Weste ...
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Spanish Cuisine
Spanish cuisine () consists of the traditions and practices of Spanish cooking. It features considerable regional diversity, with significant differences among the traditions of each of Spain's regional cuisines. Olive oil (of which Spain is the world's largest producer) is extensively used in Spanish cuisine. It forms the base of many vegetable sauces (known in Spanish as Sofrito, ''sofritos''). Herbs most commonly used include parsley, oregano, rosemary and thyme. The use of garlic has been noted as common in Spanish cooking. The most-used meats in Spanish cuisine include Chicken as food, chicken, pork, Lamb and mutton, lamb and veal. Fish as food, Fish and seafood are also consumed on a regular basis. Tapas and pinchos are snacks and appetizers commonly served in bars and cafes. History Antiquity Authors such as Strabo wrote about the aboriginal people of Spain using nuts and acorns as staple foods. The extension of vineyards along the Mediterranean seemed to be du ...
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Dried Meat
Dried meat is a feature of many cuisines around the world. Examples include: * Kulen Slanina Pečenica * Aliya, sun-dried meat from Kenya * Bakkwa or rougan, Chinese salty-sweet dried meat sheets. * Biltong, a cured meat that originated in Southern Africa. * ''Bògoǫ'', a dried and smoked meat, often caribou, of the Dené people of northern Canada. * Borts, air-dried strips of horse or cow meat used as traveling food or to last the winter in Mongolia. Often ground into powder and mixed with water to create soup. * Bresaola, air-dried salted beef originally from the Valtellina valley in northern Italy. * Brési, made in the canton of Jura and in Jura Bernois in Switzerland and in the department of Doubs in France. * Bündnerfleisch, air-dried meat from Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland. * Carne-de-sol, sun-dried salt beef from Brazil. * Carne seca, air-dried meat from Mexico. * Cecina, lightly smoked, dried, and salted meat from northwestern Spain (Asturias, León, ...
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List Of Spanish Dishes
This is a list of dishes found in Spanish cuisine. Spanish dishes Breads and pastries Soups and stews Condiments and sauces Desserts Dairy products :'' Spanish cheeses'' Processed meat and fish :'' Spanish sausages'' Others Beverages Alcoholic beverages :''Spanish wine'' Non-alcoholic beverages See also * Merienda * Andalusian cuisine * Asturian cuisine * Aragonese cuisine * Balearic cuisine * Basque cuisine * Canarian cuisine * Castilian-Leonese cuisine * Cantabrian cuisine * Castilian-Manchego cuisine * Catalan cuisine * Cuisine of the province of Valladolid * Extremaduran cuisine * Galician cuisine * Leonese cuisine * Valencian cuisine * List of cuisines * Denominación de origen In Spain and Latin America, the (; )In other languages of Spain: * Catalan: (). * (). * (). is part of a regulatory geographical indication system used primarily for foodstuffs such as cheeses, condiments, honey, and meats, among others. ... * List o ...
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List Of Mexican Dishes
The Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century. The basic staples since then remain native foods such as corn, beans, Cucurbita, squash and chili peppers, but the Europeans introduced many other foods, the most important of which were meat from domesticated animals, dairy products (especially cheese) and various herbs and spices, although key spices in Mexican cuisine are also native to Mesoamerica such as a large variety of chili peppers. Antojitos Street food in Mexico, called ''antojitos'', is prepared by street vendors in Mexico City, street vendors and at small traditional markets in Mexico. Most of them include corn as an ingredient. File:CemitaSandwich2.JPG, Cemita with milanesa File:Huarachesverdes.JPG, Preparation of ''huarache (food), huaraches'' File:01 Chilaquiles verdes con frijoles chinos.jpg, Chilaquiles File:Menudo in Houston TX 2013.jpg, Menudo (soup), Menudo File:Molotes.jpg, Molotes File:Cochinita pibil 2.jpg, Cochinita pibil is a traditi ...
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List Of Smoked Foods
This is a list of smoked foods. Smoking (cooking), Smoking is the process of seasoning, flavoring, cooking, or food preservation, preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Foods have been smoked by humans throughout history. Meats and Fish (food), fish are the most common smoked foods, though cheeses, vegetables, and ingredients used to make beverages such as whisky, smoked beer, and ''lapsang souchong'' tea are also smoked. Smoked beverages are also included in this list. Smoked foods Beverages * Lapsang souchong – a kind of tea. * Mattha – an Indian buttermilk or yogurt drink that is sometimes smoked. * Smoked beer – beer with a distinctive smoke flavor imparted by using malted barley dried over an open flame''Beer'', by Michael Jackson, published 1998, pp.150-151 ** Grätzer. * Suanmeitang – a Chinese smoked plum drink. * Scotch Whisky – some scotch is made from grains that have been smoked over a peat fire. Fi ...
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List Of Dried Foods
This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when dehydration as a food preservation technique was invented has been lost to time, but the earliest known practice of food drying is 12000 BC by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia."Historical Origins of Food Preservation".
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Leonese Cuisine
Leonese cuisine is a subcategory of Spanish cuisine from the Province of León. Embutidos *''Cecina'' from León is beef. In Leonese, ''cecina'' means "meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke". ''Cecina de León'' is made of the hind legs of beef, salted, smoked and air-dried in the province of León in northwestern Spain, and has protected designation of origin (PGI) status. *''Botillo'': Traditionally made in the western Leonese regions. ''Botiellu'', in Leonese, is a dish of meat-stuffed pork intestine. It is a culinary specialty of El Bierzo, a county in the Spanish province of León and of the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes as well. This kind of ''embutido'' is a meat product made from different pieces left over from the butchering of a pig, including the ribs, tail and bones with a little meat left on them. These are chopped, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, and other spices, stuffed in the cecum of the pig, and partly cured via smoking ...
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Biltong
Biltong is a form of air-dried, cured meat which originated in Southern Africa. Southern African countries include South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini. Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef to game meats such as ostrich or kudu. The cut may also vary being either fillets of meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or flat pieces sliced across the grain. It is related to beef jerky, as both are spiced, dried meats; however, the typical ingredients, taste, and production processes may differ. Biltong is air-dried, which gives it a unique texture and flavor, whereas jerky is heated to at least . The word "biltong" is from the Afrikaans ("buttock") and ' ("strip" or "tongue"). Origins Meat preservation as a survival technique dates back to ancient times. Meat can be preserved by curing it in salt, brine, or vinegar as well as saltpetre (potassium nitrate). Potassium nitrate kills ''Clo ...
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Pastırma
Pastirma or Pasterma, also called pastarma, pastırma, pastrma, pastourma,, basdirma, basterma, basturma, or aboukh is a highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef that is found in the cuisines of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Kurdish region, Greece, Cyprus, Iraq, the Levant, North Macedonia, Turkey and Georgia. Etymology and history ''Basturma'' existed in ancient Armenian cuisine, where it was known as ''aboukh (). The word ''abookhd'' (Classical Armenian ''apukht'') was already used in the Armenian translation of the Bible, in the fifth century AD, meaning “salted and dried meat”. According to T. Durham, basturma is of Armenian origin and is still prepared in the Middle East according to old family recipes. ''Pastırma'' is mentioned in Mahmud of Kashgars Diwan Lughat al-Turk and Evliya Çelebis Seyahatname. According to Turkish scholar Biron Kiliç, and other sources, the term is derived from the Turkic noun ''bastırm ...
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