SC - The Jerked Meat Thingy
Micaylah
dy018 at freenet.carleton.ca
Mon Jul 13 15:05:55 PDT 1998
Bear said...
>The subject line is correct as it stands. The word jerky derives from the
>American Spanish word charqui which is a corruption of the Quechua word
>ch'arki. All of which refer to sun or smoke cured meat. The verb
>describing the process is jerk. So jerked meat is proper.
>
>For the Caribbean meat dishes, the word jerk is an adjective, for example,
>jerk chicken (as opposed to jerked chicken). In this context, jerking is a
>method of preparing and barbequing meat. The derivation of the word is the
>same as for jerky.
>
>Ah, the joys of having a trivia trap for a mind.
Thank you. I wasn't 100 percent sure. I love jerk chicken/goat/beef as well.
You name it I'll jerk it...wait thats not quite what I mean. Lets just leave
it at that....kay?
Micaylah
<grinning slyly>
- -Who enjoys trivia but couldn't trap it if she had a snare :)-
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