tasajo

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Dried salted beef that people cook and eat

noun
/tɑˈsɑhoʊ/

: tasajo

Another traditional offering is plantain stuffed with tasajo, "beef jerky."

Examples

The local market sells tasajo, which is perfect for making sandwiches.
And then, during my second breakfast at Los Tios, I unwittingly prepared for the Yuca plantain/tasajo appetizer by eating a purse of boniato studded with chunks of tasajo.

Academic text (1991)
And then, during my second breakfast at Los Tios, I unwittingly prepared for the Yuca plantain/tasajo appetizer by eating a purse of boniato studded with chunks of tasajo.

Academic text (1991)
For lunch, we enjoyed a traditional dish of rice and beans served with tasajo on the side.
He explained that tasajo is often used in stews for added flavor and texture.

Surface Forms

tasajo singular

tasajos plural

Etymology

Tasajo comes from Spanish and names strips of meat that were dried and salted so they would keep on long journeys, so imagine explorers packing thin jerky to eat on the road. So, tasajo today means 'dried and salted meat'—preserved food common in parts of Latin America.