Googling for something yesterday I came upon an article about making a “charcuterie board.” Having learned French, the word CHARCUTERIE was familiar, having to do with cold meats. So I wanted to learn more about the artistic food creation this writer was describing.
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Merriam-Webster defines charcuterie as:
— a delicatessen specializing in dressed meats and meat dishes
— the products sold in such a shop
Lexico defines it as cold cooked meats, and gives the following example of its use in an article:
“One page of the menu is devoted to cheeses (domestic and imported), another to charcuterie, salads, meat and fish, the third to items from the wood-burning oven.”
And I learned from the article that a charcuterie board is a display of meats, cheeses, spreads, bread, olives, dried fruit, and nuts all arranged on a wood plank. Each of the diners at the table gets their own small knife so they can chop off a chuck of cheese and otherwise help themselves to the goodies.
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