词汇 | indian bread |
词源 | Indian bread. Pioneers called the strip of fatty meat extend- ing from the shoulder along the backbone of the buffalo Indian bread because the Indians favored it. As one writer put it: “When scalded in hot grease to seal it, then smoked, it became a ‘tit-bit’ the buffalo hunter used as bread. When eaten with lean or dried meat it made an excellent sandwich.” |
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