Pastırma

Okay kiddo, do you know what bacon is? It's like a meat that comes from a pig and we fry it up and eat it for breakfast sometimes. Well, pastırma is kind of like that, but it comes from a cow instead of a pig.

Here's how they make it: First, they take a big piece of beef and they cover it in a special spicy mixture that has things like garlic, cumin, and paprika in it. This helps give the meat a lot of flavor. Then, they hang the meat up in a cool, dry place for a couple of weeks. This helps the meat dry out a little bit and get really firm.

After a few weeks, the meat is ready to eat! You can slice it up really thin and eat it on its own, or put it on a sandwich or in a salad. Some people even like to cook with it and put it in recipes.

So, pastırma is like a really tasty and spicy kind of beef meat that you can eat all by itself or use to make other yummy dishes.