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Pork cold cut, cured in a mixture of vinegar, wine and coriander.
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Pork tenderloin
Tammari (mixture of vinegar, wine and dry coriander)
Τhe same procedure is followed as with kokkalοun, i.e. the meat is put in tammari (a mixture of vinegar, wine and coriander: see zalatinα), where it is left for 3 days. The shirishes are then removed and left in the sun to dry out. (Karavas 2002, 194).
Preserving in wine and vinegar.
Sun-drying.
Additional information and bibliography
Publication of the Refugee Association "O Karavas" (2002). Karavas, vol. 5, Nicosia.
Eleni Christou
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