Embutido

{{Short description|Sausage}}

{{For|the Filipino meat loaf|Embutido (Filipino cuisine)}}

{{lang|es|Embutido}} (Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese), {{lang|pt|enchido}} (European Portuguese) or {{lang|ca|embotit}} (Catalan) is a generic term for cured ground meat products. The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy defines it as "intestine stuffed with minced meat, mainly pork; intestine stuffed with diverse ingredients"{{Cite encyclopedia|dictionary=Diccionario de la lengua española|title=embutido|publisher=Real Academia Española|edition=23|date=2014|language=es|url=https://dle.rae.es/embutido}}{{Cite web |title=10 Tipos de embutidos y su composición |trans-title=10 types of embutidos and their composition |author= |website=Entrenosotros |publisher=Consum |date=n.d. |access-date=26 December 2021 |url= https://entrenosotros.consum.es/10-tipos-de-embutidos-y-su-composicion |language=es}} Illustrating use of "embutido" for all sorts of sausages, fresh and dried, including frankfurters (the Spanish word comes from the verb embutir, meaning 'to stuff'). The term often applies to any of the many varieties of cured, dry sausages found in the cuisines of Iberia and the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies.{{cite book|author=Viguer, Bélen Aguado |title =Spain - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture|publisher =Bravo Limited|year =2016|page=104|isbn =9781857338393|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UVLZCgAAQBAJ}}

In Philippine cuisine, however, due to the fusion of Spanish and American cuisine in the islands, embutido (or embotido) refers to a type of meatloaf wrapped around slices of egg and sausage.{{cite news |last1=Lam |first1=Francis |title=The Rich Tradition of Filipino Embutido |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/magazine/the-rich-tradition-of-filipino-embutido.html |access-date=11 December 2018 |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=7 January 2015}}