Definitions

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  • noun Alternative form of pastirma.

Etymologies

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From Armenian բաստուրմա (basturma).

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Examples

  • Eat some basturma and give your unsuspecting Dearest a deep, deep kiss for a food sex memory that will last a lifetime.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • Well, I could eat the basturma without any bread, but where's the fun in that?

    Archive 2006-01-01 Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • Well, I could eat the basturma without any bread, but where's the fun in that?

    A Taste of L.A. Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • Eat some basturma and give your unsuspecting Dearest a deep, deep kiss for a food sex memory that will last a lifetime.

    A Taste of L.A. Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • The three of us went to Tarver's Deli in Sunnyvale (now closed, I think) and picked up some flat bread, tarama (carp roe), basturma, and a ball of vicious cheese we've never found anywhere else.

    What's my motivation? Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • I wanted to do a piece on basturma, the Armenian ur-coldcut that is to pastrami what a Top Dog Polish is to Oscar Meyer.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • Real scientist George Muscat introduced Karen and me to basturma some time in the late 80s.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • The three of us went to Tarver's Deli in Sunnyvale (now closed, I think) and picked up some flat bread, tarama (carp roe), basturma, and a ball of vicious cheese we've never found anywhere else.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • I wanted to do a piece on basturma, the Armenian ur-coldcut that is to pastrami what a Top Dog Polish is to Oscar Meyer.

    What's my motivation? Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • Real scientist George Muscat introduced Karen and me to basturma some time in the late 80s.

    What's my motivation? Douglas Hoffman 2005

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