Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) was an Italian poet. He was born in Sorrento and is chiefly known for his epic poem 'Gerusalemme Liberata' (Jerusalem Delivered) of 1575. This work describes the [..]

A lean and highly-seasoned piece of cured pork or beef, tasso is hard to find outside of Louisiana. It's used like ham or salt pork to flavor pastas, beans, and other dishes.

(TAH-soh) – Tasso is yet another example of the Cajun and Creole desire for unique flavor in a recipe.  Tasso is a dried smoked product that is seasoned with cayenne pepper, garlic and salt and heavil [..]

Jamaican tasso is a lean chunk of cured Jamaican pork (usually shoulder) or Jamaican beef that's been richly seasoned with ingredients such as red pepper, garlic and any of several other Jamaican herbs or Jamaican spices. It's then smoked resulting in a firm, smoky and flavorfully tangy Jamaican meat that is principally used for seasoning [..]

Smokey cured pork often diced fine and added to dishes as a flavoring.

(n) Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)

seasoned pork strips that are smoked like jerky and used to flavor dishes.

Tasso is yet another example of the Cajun and Creole desire for unique flavor in a recipe. Tasso is a dried smoked product that is seasoned with cayenne pepper, garlic and salt and heavily smoked. The [..]

Tasso is a specialty of south Louisiana, a spicy version of smoked ham made from the shoulder butt part of a pig.

Smoked red pepper ham