Cold cut

For the English DJ duo, see Coldcut.

"Lunch meat" redirects here. For the film, see Lunch Meat (film).

A tray of assorted cold cuts.

Cold cuts are cheeses or precooked or cured meat, often sausages or meat loaves, that are sliced and usually served cold on sandwiches or on party trays. They can be bought pre-sliced in vacuum packs at a supermarket or grocery store, or they can be purchased at a delicatessen or deli counter, where they might be sliced to order. Most pre-sliced cold cuts are higher in fat and sodium than those that are sliced to order, as a larger exposed surface requires stronger preservatives.^[1] In any case, the CDC advises that those over 50 reheat cold cuts to "steaming hot" 165 °F and use them within four days.^[2]

Cold cuts also may be known as lunch meats, luncheon meats, sandwich meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats and deli meats. In Commonwealth countries and the U.K., luncheon meat refers specifically to products that can include mechanically reclaimed meat, and (pre BSE) offal. In British English, the terms cold meats, cooked meats. or sliced meats are used instead.

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The Spanish word for cold cut, fiambre, is used in Latin American street slang to refer to a dead body (more common in Chile and Argentina).

In Guatemala, a cold cut is a traditional dish eaten in November. It is eaten the first and second day of the month to celebrate "El día de Todos los Santos" and "El día de Todos los Difuntos". There are two types: red and white.

Types

Bierwurst or beerwurst Blood tongue (zungenwurst) Bologna Lebanon Braunschweiger Bresaola Capicola (coppa) Chicken breast Chicken Loaf (also known as Chicken roll) Chipped chopped ham Chorizo Corned beef Cotechino Devon (sausage) Dutch Loaf Gelbwurst Ham Baked Boiled Cooked Jamón: serrano or ibérico. Prosciutto Smoked Head cheese Salceson Jagdwurst Krakauer or krakowska, (Kraków-style pork sausage) Liverwurst

Mortadella, a common Deli Meat that originated in Italy. Meatloaf Olive loaf Pepper loaf Pimento loaf Ham & cheese loaf Spiced luncheon loaf Veal loaf Mortadella Pastrami Prasky Polony Roast beef Roast pork Salami Capicola Finocchiona Italian-style Jewish-style Pepperoni Sopressata Saucisson sec (dry, maturing, salty, savoury-tasting French salami, made of pure pork only) Smoked meat Summer sausage Tongue Turkey breast Pratik

See also

• Charcuterie
• Dagwood sandwich
• Delicatessen
• List of sandwiches

References

1. ^ [1] What's really in those cold cuts at your local grocery store? TODAY food editor Phil Lempert has the lowdown
2. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/2011-05-04-listeria-cdc-lunch-meat_n.htm