{{Short description|Sandwich from Puebla City, in México}} {{distinguish|text=Central American cemita (or semitas), a sweet bread}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Cemita | image = CemitaRollsPuebla.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Cemita rolls at a market in Puebla, Mexico | alternate_name = Cemita poblana | country = Mexico | region = Puebla | creator = | type = Bread roll or sandwich | served = | main_ingredient = | variations = | calories = | other = }}
The '''''cemita''''' is a sandwich originally from Puebla, Mexico. Also known as ''cemita poblana'', it derives from the city (and region) of Puebla.<ref name="bread"/><ref name="Zaslavsky1997">{{cite book|last=Zaslavsky|first=Nancy|title=A Cook's Tour of Mexico: Authentic Recipes from the Country's Best Open-Air Markets, City Fondas, and Home Kitchens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btvEihMtFPMC&pg=PA154|access-date=10 November 2012|year=1997|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780312166083|page=154}}</ref> The word refers to the sandwich as well as to the roll it is typically served on, a bread roll covered with sesame seeds.<ref name="Gold2000">{{cite book|last=Gold|first=Jonathan|title=Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Agxy6i_QeT0C&pg=PA51|access-date=10 November 2012|year=2000|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780312267230|page=51}}</ref> Additionally, the ingredients usually are restricted to sliced avocado, meat, Oaxaca cheese, the herb pápalo and chipotle adobado, or jalapeño.<ref name="bread">{{cite news|url=http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/travel/20T-PUEBLA.html?pagewanted=all|title=Bread and Chocolate|last=Lubow|first=Arthur|date=20 November 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=10 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205090234/http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/travel/20T-PUEBLA.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=5 December 2013}}</ref>
==Name== The Real Academia Española<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=cemita|title=''Buscon.rae.es''}}</ref> says ''cemita'' comes from "acemite" (archaic Spanish for "bran")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=acemite|title=''Buscon.rae.es''}}</ref> which in turn comes from Aramaic, and is related to Greek σεμίδαλις (semídalis) ("semolina").
==Reception== ''The Daily Meal'' reviewed the cemita, saying "there are numerous variations, but it's always a delicious mouthful" in their article "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of".<ref name="12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of">{{cite web|author=Dan Myers|url=http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/12-life-changing-sandwiches-youve-never-heard|title=12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of|publisher=The Daily Meal|date=27 February 2015|access-date=2015-03-03}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Mexico|Food}} * Mexican breads * Mexican cuisine * List of bread rolls * List of Mexican dishes * List of sandwiches
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Cemita poblana}}
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