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Jul 11, 2002 19:38
21 yrs ago
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cold meats

Non-PRO English Marketing Food & Drink food
Do you call these cold meats, deli meats, cold cuts, processed meats, etc.?

I am looking for the most general expression for what in Mexico are called "carnes frías" (cold meats). This is for a website, so it will be seen all over the world, but as the company is Mexican, the main English-language readership could be expected to be North American.

The company's products include different types of ham, processed meats (ham loaves, head cheese, etc.), frankfurters, other cold sausages such as beer sausage, white veal sausage, breakfast sausage, mortadella, and so on; chorizo, longaniza, a few different kinds of paté, smoked turkey, etc.
Responses
4 +2 Cold Cuts or Processed Meats
4 +11 deli meats
5 +4 cold cuts
4 +2 If you want "classy" go with Paola's deli meats
4 +1 Cold meats
4 prepared meats

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jul 11, 2002:
Good comments, Arthur Thanks, you have given me something to think about. Let me respond to a few of your points. I suspect this is more of a B2B-oriented website, so the industry term might be more appropriate. In the same vein, I don't assume there will be pictures.
Non-ProZ.com Jul 11, 2002:
I mean, Geography! Please include where you're from. For example, I'm quite familiar now with the term "deli meats", but I never used to hear that expression where I come from. Also, like Paola, I'm not sure "cold cuts" is general enough to apply to all the products listed.
Non-ProZ.com Jul 11, 2002:
Geography!
Non-ProZ.com Jul 11, 2002:
Take your time No need to rush to be the first, I will leave this query open for at least 24 hours.

Responses

+2
27 mins
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Cold Cuts or Processed Meats

This is the most familiar US term to me (am American, age 54). But cold meats, though less idiomatic, makes a term that is easier to understand for second-language speakers of English. However, if it is a website, the pictures will speak a 1,000 words and "cold cuts" is fine. "PRocessed meat" is a term I would reserve for professional audiences: cold cuts is more suited to potential direct clients who will be eating it themselves. Good luck!
Peer comment(s):
neutral John Guzman : Would not ground meat be concider a processed meat? I think Cold Cuts or Deli Meat would be better, just my oppinion.
6 mins
Dear John, "ground meaté (US) or "mincemeat" (UK) is FRESH meat; the baseline for processing is adding of nitrates or other salts as preservatives.
agree Paul Mably (X) : am partial to 'processed meats' - more generic
7 hrs
agree AhmedAMS
11 days
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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I must ask Arthur's pardon for giving only 1 point, but in a case like this where each and every one's answer made a valuable contribution, this seems to me fairer than giving a higher grade, because it leaves the least difference (i.e. only 1 point) between the "winner" and the rest. In the end, I went for "processed meats" but I don't think any of the other terms were "wrong", either. All your comments were helpful to me for taking geography and readership into consideration for making my choice. ¡Buen provecho!"
+11
2 mins

deli meats

since sausages are not cut :-)

Fairly general terms, understood by all, with a little more appeal than cold cuts.

I am hungry!

ciao

paola l m


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Note added at 2002-07-11 21:33:03 (GMT)
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I am a contemporary of Arthur, I was born in Rome Italy, have gone to school in Washington, D.C., and now live in Canada.

Good luck!

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Note added at 2002-07-11 21:34:00 (GMT)
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Let\'s not forget the \"pate\" since I live in Quebec... definitely better cold, but not cut in thin slices.
I am going to have dinner now.
Peer comment(s):
agree Claudia Andreani
7 mins
agree Marian Greenfield : sausages are definitely not cold cuts
13 mins
agree Kim Metzger : I'm a gringo living in Guadalajara and enjoy both carnes frías and deli meats.
25 mins
agree John Guzman : Chicago - Deli Meats (Carnes Frias) Chorizo and Longaniza I'm not su sure that they would be cathegorized here.
31 mins
agree Chinoise
34 mins
agree Oso (X) : D'accordo! ¶:^)
37 mins
agree Ingrid Petit
1 hr
agree Illona Morris
5 hrs
agree Enza Longo
10 hrs
agree Sue Crocker
1 day 2 hrs
agree AhmedAMS
11 days
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+4
2 mins

cold cuts

like the Subway sandwich selection.


Peer comment(s):
agree Piotr Kurek
9 mins
gracias :o)
agree mickymayes
4 hrs
agree jccantrell : In the USA, for sure
8 hrs
agree Ang : Cold cuts = more colloqu. / Deli meats = more expensive. :-) (Portland/Ore)
4 days
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+2
47 mins

If you want "classy" go with Paola's deli meats

I was born and raised in the US. At home we used the term cold cuts, but we were simple people, i.e., thrifty, working class. I associate the term "deli meats" with a classy operation. That's most likely the term that would be used by a catering company in San Francisco - a town with a cosmopolitan bent. Deli meats is a good translation of carnes frías. Saludos, desde Guadalajara.
Peer comment(s):
agree Holly Hart : I agree with 'deli meats' to make it sound classy. But 'cold cuts' would do fine. As for including sausages, etc. among the deli meats, I assume the paragraph she is translating has a separate word for sausages.
5 mins
agree jccantrell : Subway does offer the 'Cold cut combo' and they won't refuse to serve you if you pull up in a Rolls!
7 hrs
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+1
10 hrs

Cold meats

I'm English and would simply say "cold meats"

"Selection of Cold Meats & Salads"

http://www.newconnaughtrooms.co.uk/menu5.htm


"Platter of cold meats"

http://www.rootsdeli.demon.co.uk/buffet.htm


"A Selection of Cold Meats with Mixed Salads and Sauces"

http://www.jersey.co.uk/hotels/beau/menus.html

"Cold buffet
Selection of cold meats, tuna fish, smoked mackerel
Selection of vegetarian options
All served with a selection of mixed salads"

http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/eConferencing/html/menus.html

"Preparation of Cold Meats and Teatime Fayre"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A666650








Peer comment(s):
agree tongue tied : you certainly buy "cold meats" from the deli counter in ASDA (UK)
5 hrs
thanks, Neil
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11 hrs

prepared meats

Just another suggestion to add to the 'pot'. (I'm British)
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