Will sobrassada be the next ‘nduja? Did you know that salami is the plural of salame? To further confuse us, salame is a type of salumi.
By the way, if you don’t know how to pronounce ‘nduja, Wikipedia says it is pronounced like this: ‘ndu ja. Seriously. I think Wikipedia are not being as helpful here as they probably think they are.
But back to sobrassada (not to be confused with soppressata which is an Italian word for a food that is similar). Just when we were getting ‘nduja figured out, the Mallorcans are putting sobrassada on the charcuterie board. And for you sobrassada fans who think it should be spelled sobrasada, just know I’m using the Catalan spelling. Sobrasada is the Spanish spelling. I know, I know—Catalonia is technically part of Spain, at least it is as I type these words. Tomorrow? Who knows. Spain is complicated.
You may be wondering, “Why does ‘nduja start with an apostrophe?” Why indeed. I suppose because it can. Foreigners, you know—it’s like they write and speak a separate language.
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