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Botifarra (pronounced [buti'farÉ™]) is a typical Catalan sausage made of raw pork and spices. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Catalan cuisine is based on the ingredients of the Mediterranean area: fresh vegetables (especially tomato, garlic, aubergine, red pepper, and artichoke), wheat products (bread, pasta), olive oils, wines, legumes (beans, chick peas), all sorts of pork preparations (sausages, ham), all sorts of cheese, poultry, lamb, and many types of fish... Chinese pork sausages A sausage consists of ground meat (and sometimes other animal parts), herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal, though now often synthetic), and preserved in some way, often by curing or smoking. ...


Botifarra is also the name of a popular cards game played in Catalonia and parts of Aragon. Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate...


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Rules of Card Games: Botifarra (1981 words)
Botifarra is played in Catalonia, the Northeast country of Spain.
Botifarra is a point trick game for four players in fixed partnerships; as usual you sit opposite your partner.
Here is a link to La Butifarra Virtual, a page in Spanish from which you can download a computer program which uses more lenient rules of play, as found in the western part of Catalunya.
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