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Kitoza

smoked or dried zebu strips, eaten with morning rice

Madagascar Charcuterie & cured

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Long strips of zebu meat salted, dried and smoked over the hearth, then grilled and eaten with rice porridge for breakfast.

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What is Kitoza?

Kitoza is a charcuterie & cured from Madagascar: smoked or dried zebu strips, eaten with morning rice. Long strips of zebu meat salted, dried and smoked over the hearth, then grilled and eaten with rice porridge for breakfast.

Made with

beef

Cooked

smokeddried

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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