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Revision as of 16:48, 13 October 2006 by 83.228.15.55 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Soujouk (sucuk in Turkish, суджук in Bulgarian, սուջուխ (soujoukh) in Armenian, سجق (sujuq) in Arabic) or sujuq is a type of sausage eaten in many countries. For example, it is common in Armenian cuisine, Turkish, Iraqi cuisine and Bulgarian. It consists of ground meat, with various spices including cumin, garlic,salt, and red pepper, fed into a sausage casing and allowed to dry for several weeks. It can be more or less spicy; it is fairly salty and has a high fat content. The Turkish Soujouk is usually made out of calf meat. Soujouk must be eaten cooked (when raw, it is very hard and stiff). It is often cut into slices and cooked without additional oil, its own fat being sufficient to fry it. At breakfasts, it is used in a way similar to bacon or spam. They are fried in a pan, often with eggs, accompanied by a hot cup of sweet black tea. In Bulgaria, raw, sliced soujouk is often served as an appetizer with Rakia or other high alcoholic drinks.
Soujouk is also commonly used as a topping on savoury pastries in Syria and Lebanon; soujouk shawarma is also occasionally found. In these countries, it is often regarded as an Armenian speciality.
There is also a sweet called soujouk, which is made from walnuts sewn onto a string, and dipped in thickened white grape juice and dried.
Akin to soujouk shawarma, soujouk döner was also introduced in Turkey in late 1990s.
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