Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 See also  





2 Notes and references  














Pastramă






العربية
Français
עברית
Jawa

Română
Русский
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Pastramă[1] is a popular delicatessen meat traditionally in Romania made from lamb and also from pork and mutton.

Pastramă was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration. For pastrami, the raw meat is brined, partly dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices, then smoked and steamed. At the beginning, pastramă was a speciality from Wallachia made from young ram's meat.[2]

The word pastramă is etymologically rooted in the Romanian a păstra, which means "to keep" or "to preserve".[3] But the word is maybe[citation needed] more ancient and comes from the Latin pastor who means shepherd. So Pastramăisshepherd's meat so lamb or mutton.[original research?]

Pastramă was introduced by Romans to the city of Caesarea Mazaca in Anatolia, known as pastron.[4] This recipe may be the origin of pastirma.[original research?]

In 455 AD, the Gepids under king Ardarich conquered Pannonia, settled for two centuries in Transylvania. The Gepids was destroyed by the attack of Lombards in 567 AD.[5] At this time, the lombards discovered pastramă, known as bresaola.[original research?]

Pastramă was introduced to the United States in a wave of Romanian Jewish immigration from Romania in the second half of the 19th century. Early references in English used the spelling "pastrama", closer to the Romanian original. The modified "pastrami" spelling likely was introduced to sound related to the Italian salami.[6]

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Definition of pastramă" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
  • ^ "Saveurs roumaines et bulgares" (in French). Le Monde.
  • ^ "Definition of a pastră" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
  • ^ Irina Petrosian, David Underwood, Armenian food: fact, fiction & folklore, p. 112
  • ^ "The history of Transylvania and the Transylvanian Saxons, by Dr. Konrad Gündisch". Archived from the original on 2004-07-07. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  • ^ Harry G. Levine, "Pastrami Land, the Jewish Deli in New York City", Contexts, Summer 2007 Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, p. 68

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pastramă&oldid=1213006843"

    Categories: 
    Romanian delicatessen
    Uncooked meat dishes
    Hidden categories: 
    CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro)
    CS1 French-language sources (fr)
    Webarchive template wayback links
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    All articles with unsourced statements
    Articles with unsourced statements from June 2015
    All articles that may contain original research
    Articles that may contain original research from November 2015
     



    This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 16:53 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki