Lunch meat facts for kids
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A platter of coldcuts
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| Alternative names | Cold cuts, luncheon meats, sandwich meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, deli meats |
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| Main ingredients | Meat |
Lunch meats—also known as cold cuts, luncheon meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, and deli meats—are precooked or cured meats that are sliced and served cold or hot. They are typically served in sandwiches or on a tray. They can be purchased pre-sliced, usually in vacuum packs, or they can be sliced to order.
Types
- Bresaola
- Chicken breast
- Chicken loaf (also known as chicken roll)
- Corned beef
- Cotechino
- Dutch loaf
- Ham
- Baked
- Boiled
- Chipped chopped
- Cooked
- Éisleker
- Jamón: serrano or ibérico
- Prosciutto
- Smoked
- Head cheese
- Meatloaf
- Mortadella
- Pork roll
- Roast beef
- Roast lamb
- Roast pork
- Sausages
- Bierwurst or beerwurst
- Blood tongue (Zungenwurst)
- Bologna, Polony
- Braunschweiger
- Chorizo
- Devon
- Extrawurst
- Gelbwurst
- Jagdwurst
- Krakowska (Kraków-style pork sausage)
- Kabanos
- Myśliwska
- Weisswurst
- Liverwurst
- Prasky
- Morcilla
- Salami
- Alpino
- Capicola
- Finocchiona
- Italian-style
- Jewish-style
- Pepperoni
- Soppressata
- Salchichón
- Saucisson sec (dry, maturing, salty, savoury-tasting French salami)
- Sausagemeat stuffing
- Summer sausage
- Thuringian sausage
- Teewurst
- Smoked meat
- Tongue
- Turkey breast
- Spam and Treet
Safety
In 2011, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that those over age 50 reheat lunch meats to "steaming hot" 165 °F (74 °C) and use them within four days.
See also
In Spanish: Fiambre para niños
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