Musciame

Musciame
Alternative names
  • Mosciame
  • Mosciamme
Typepreserved meat
Place of originItaly
Region or state
Inventedtraditional
Main ingredients
  • dolphin meat
  • salt
VariationsMusciame di tonno

Musciame or mosciame is a traditional Italian preserved meat made from the salted and sun-dried flesh of dolphins. It is black, and looks like a piece of charred wood hanging from a string.[1]: 220 [2]: 16  It was made by the sailors and fishermen of the coast of Liguria and Versilia;[1]: 220  under European law, it may no longer be legally produced or sold.[3] A somewhat similar product in Sicily made from fillet of tuna, often sold as "mosciame di tonno", is essentially the same as the mojama de atún of Spain.

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