Pastourmas or pastroumas is cured meat (usually from buffalo or camel meat) seasoned and dried, which gives off a heavy, strong smell.
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Pastourmas or pastroumas is cured meat (usually from buffalo or camel meat) seasoned and dried, which gives off a heavy, strong smell (Babiniotis 2005, entry παστουρμάς κ. παστρουμάς,ο, 1354). Eugenia Petrou-Poeitou notes that it is a cold cut in the shape of a sausage or a slice of camel or beef meat. The famous pastourmas in slices is made from the thigh of an ox (Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Παστουρμάς, 111).
ETYM. < turk. pastirma (Babiniotis 2005, entry παστουρμάς, παστρουμάς,ο, 1354; Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Παστουρμάς,, 111). Although pastirma is made with lamb or mutton meat. < pastrumas, Roman pastos, in the first Roman Empire (Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Παστουρμάς, 111).
Additional information and bibliography
Babiniotis G. (2005), Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας. Με σχόλια για τη σωστή χρήση των λέξεων. Ερμηνευτικό, Ορθογραφικό, Ετυμολογικό, Συνωνύμων-Αντιθέτων, Κυρίων Ονομάτων, Επιστημονικών Όρων, Ακρωνυμίων, Centre for Lexicology, Athens, Greece.
Petrou-Poeitou E. (2013), Από πού κρατάει η σκούφια τους. Λέξεις και ιστορίες από τον κόσμο της γεύσης, Epiphaniou Publications, Nicosia.
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