The ‘ghiudem’, a dry raw sausage prepared by Tatars of the southeastern Romanian province of Dobrogea, is about to be officially recognized as a traditional product, using a very old recipe.
The acknowledgement is owed to Marius Iosif of Constanta (city on the Black Sea shore) who started preparing ‘Mos Iosif’ (Old Iosif) ghiudem in the commune of Tuzla two years ago. He claims it has the ‘unmistakably good taste’ of the one prepared by his grandparents, who lived in a mostly Tatar neighbourhood in the town of Medgidia. More…