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| bacon |
a fatty, smoked, and salted form of pork, taken from the back and side of the pig. |
| caviar |
sturgeon eggs, salted and eaten as a delicacy. |
| fatback |
the fatty upper part of a side of pork, usu. dried and salted for use in cooking. |
| flitch |
a salted and cured side of a hog; side of bacon. [1/4 definitions] |
| potato chip |
a thin slice of potato that is deep-fried until crisp, usu. salted, and sometimes flavored. |
| pretzel |
a thin, crisp, glazed biscuit usu. shaped as a knot or stick and salted on the surface. [1/2 definitions] |
| saltine |
a crisp, usu. square salted cracker. |
| sauerkraut |
shredded cabbage that has been salted and allowed to ferment in its own juices. |
| unsalted |
combined form of salted. |
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