<sod>'''Pastirma''', '''pastırma''', '''pastourma''', '''bastirma''', basterma or '''basturma''' is a highly seasoned, air-dried [[Curing (food preservation)|cured]] [[beef]] of [[Armenia]]n origin,<ref>Zubaida, Sami & Tapper, Richard. ''A Taste of Thyme''. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1994, p. 35 & 39.</ref> which is now part of the [[Ottoman cuisine|cuisines of the former Ottoman countries]].<eod>
<sod>'''Pastirma''', '''pastırma''', '''pastourma''', '''bastirma''', basterma or '''basturma''' is a highly seasoned, air-dried [[Curing (food preservation)|cured]] [[beef]] of [[Anatolia]]n origin,<ref>Zubaida, Sami & Tapper, Richard. ''A Taste of Thyme''. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1994, p. 35 & 39.</ref> which is now part of the [[Ottoman cuisine|cuisines of the former Ottoman countries]].<eod>