Dried goat meat.
Name - Origin
Dried goat meat.
The meat is dried in the sun and smoked using the oven of the house.
Functional and symbolic role
Apóhtin with no bones. Traditionally, tsamarella was made in the monastery of Kykkos (Pharmakidou, 2003 p. 106)
Additional information and bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Γλωσσάριον Ξενοφώντος Π. Φαρμακίδου, [Υλικά διά την σύνταξιν Ιστορικού Λεξικού της Κυπριακής Διαλέκτου, μέρος Β', έκδ. Θεοφανώς Δ. Κυπρή], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
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