Biltong delicacy such as Biltong. Foods similar to biltong include: Biltong Biltong is a form of dried, cured meat that originated in South Africa. Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef and game meats to fillets of meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or flat pieces sliced across the grain. It is related to beef jerky in that they are both spiced, dried meats; however, the typical ingredients, taste and production processes may differ. The word "biltong" is from the Dutch "bil" ("buttock”") and "tong" ("strip" or "tongue"). Meat preservation as a
Cured pork tenderloin All of the names above come directly or indirectly from Latin "lumbus" 'loin'. Cured pork tenderloin Cured pork tenderloin is found in various cuisines in Mediterranean Europe and South America. It is typically salted or brined then dried or smoked. In Spanish cuisine, lomo embuchado is a dry-cured meat made from a pork tenderloin, sometimes called lomo for short. It is similar to "cecina", but with pork instead of beef. In Italian cuisine, there are many variants of lonza stagionata. Capocolla is very similar, but made from the neck muscle rather than the tenderloin, and often stuffed into a casing.