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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | Copyright

charqui (charki) South American (especially Brazilian); dried meat, normally prepared from beef, but may also be made from sheep, llama, and alpaca. Strips of meat cut lengthways and pressed after salting, then air‐dried. The final form is flat, thin, flaky sheets, so differing from the long strips of biltong. Also called jerky.

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