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The word sausage was first used in English in the mid-15th century, spelled sawsyge. [1] This word came from Old North French saussiche (Modern French saucisse). [1] The French word came from Vulgar Latin salsica ("sausage"), from salsicus ("seasoned with salt").
Chorizo (/ tʃ ə ˈ r iː z oʊ,-s oʊ / chə-REE-zoh, -soh, [2] [3] Spanish: [tʃoˈɾiθo, tʃoˈɾiso]; Portuguese: chouriço [ʃo(w)ˈɾisu]; see below) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula. It is made in many national and regional varieties in several countries on different continents.
sah = shah شاه shāh, from Old Persian 𐏋 χšāyaþiya (="king"), from an Old Persian verb meaning "to rule" Teherán = Tehran (تهران Tehrân, Iranian capital), from Persian words "Tah" meaning "end or bottom" and "Rân" meaning "[mountain] slope"—literally, bottom of the mountain slope.
Jambalaya (/ ˌ dʒ æ m b ə ˈ l aɪ ə / JAM-bə-LY-ə, / ˌ dʒ ʌ m-/ JUM-) is a savory rice dish that developed in the U.S. state of Louisiana fusing together African, Spanish, and French influences, consisting mainly of meat or seafood (or both), [1] and vegetables mixed with rice and spices.
Longaniza (Spanish pronunciation: [loŋɡaˈniθa], or Latin American Spanish: [loŋɡaˈnisa]) is a Spanish sausage similar to a chorizo and also closely associated with the Portuguese linguiça. Its defining characteristics are interpreted differently from region to region.
The French word for a person who practices charcuterie is charcutier.The etymology of the word is the combination of chair and cuite, or cooked flesh.The Herbsts in Food Lover's Companion say, "it refers to the products, particularly (but not limited to) pork specialties such as pâtés, rillettes, galantines, crépinettes, etc., which are made and sold in a delicatessen-style shop, also ...
from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the Mayan word chocol meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word atl meaning "water." Choctaw from the native name Chahta of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish chato (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants.
Embutido (Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese), enchido (European Portuguese) or embotit (Catalan) is a generic term for cured ground meat products. The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy defines it as "intestine stuffed with minced meat, mainly pork; intestine stuffed with diverse ingredients" [1] [2] (the Spanish word comes from the verb embutir, meaning 'to stuff').