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Tapas vs Charcuterie - What's the difference?

tapas | charcuterie |

As nouns the difference between tapas and charcuterie

is that tapas is variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry while charcuterie is the practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.

tapas

English

Noun

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  • Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry.
  • * 1986 , , The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine :
    • The snacks are called tapas because in the old days a piece of toast was served, too, so that you might have a "top" on your glass of sherry, a lid that would prevent the flies from getting into the glass.
  • Small food items generally.
    • Izakaya food is basically Japanese tapas.

    Synonyms

    * small plate, small plates (see (small plates))

    Anagrams

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    charcuterie

    English

    (wikipedia charcuterie)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
  • (uncountable) cured meat; meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
  • (countable) A shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.
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