[Sca-cooks] Sent Sovi Translation

[Antonia di Benedetto Calvo]

On 16/04/2014 9:09 a.m., JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:
> I understand. I still doubt it's that straightforward.
>   
> Take "carnsalada". Very literally it means "salted meat", In context, it's
> used virtually as bacon is in other medieval texts and is even referred to
> as  "lean" or "fat". Should one then translate it as "bacon"?
>   
> It helps to do at least a little research on the term (which mainly occurs
> in old Catalan and Provencal documents), by which one finds that it is now
> referred to as "cansalada" and is a form of salted pork fatback:
>   

So, what's wrong with "salt pork"?



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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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