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păsat
coarsely ground grain (corn, wheat, or barley) cooked into a porridge or added to soup; grits or groats /pəˈsat/
noun#5161 most common
Also: corn grits, cracked-grain porridge, coarse groats
Example sentences
Mama fierbe păsat pentru cină.
Mom boils păsat for dinner.
Bunica mea face terci de păsat dimineața.
My grandmother makes păsat porridge in the morning.
În satul nostru, păsatul de porumb era hrana de bază iarna.
In our village, corn păsat was the staple food in winter.
Rețeta tradițională cere păsat de grâu fiert cu lapte și puțină sare.
The traditional recipe calls for wheat păsat boiled with milk and a little salt.
Țăranii măcinau boabele grosier pentru a obține păsatul, care se punea apoi la fiert în ciorbe.
The peasants ground the grains coarsely to get the păsat, which was then boiled in soups.
Deși astăzi păsatul a fost înlocuit de crupe rafinate, în bucătăria țărănească rămâne un simbol al parcimoniei alimentare de altădată.
Although păsat has been replaced today by refined groats, in peasant cooking it remains a symbol of the food frugality of earlier times.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | păsatul | păsaturile |
| Genitive | păsatului | păsaturilor |
| Accusative | păsatul | păsaturile |
| Vocative | păsatule | păsaturilor |
Word family
mălaicornmeal, a near-synonym staple
crupegroats, a modern refined equivalent
terciporridge or mush, the dish păsat is often cooked into
arpacașpearl barley, a close culinary cousin
Etymology
Păsat entered Romanian as a borrowing from South Slavic, where a related form denoted coarsely crushed grain. It settled into the language as a plain noun for grain pounded into coarse bits, the kind used for old-fashioned porridges and soup fillers. Romanian dictionaries trace it to Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian rather than to Latin, which sets it apart from most everyday Romanian food words.
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