nPostednon September 7, 2016
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nAs we celebrate salami, today, we might wonder – what exactly ISnsalami?
nAs we celebrate salami, today, we might wonder – what exactly ISnsalami?
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nIt’sna kind of sausage. As you probably know, a sausage is a tubular kindnof meat created by grinding one or more sort of meat, usually addingnother ingredients for flavor, and encasing the meat in a tubularnskin.
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nWhatnmakes a salami different from other sorts of sausages? It’s beenncured – salted and spiced, left to ferment, and air-dried. Becausenof this, salami can be stored at room temperature for more than anmonth, even after it’s been cut! Back in the old days, when only thenrich had ice boxes or refrigerators, and back in the even older days,nwhen nobody had refrigerators, curing meat was very important!
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nThenword salami comes from the Italian salame (the pluralnform of salame is salami). Actually, in English, salamincan be either singular or plural.
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nApparently,nevery region tends to have its own special kind of salami (called bynthat name or another). Typical, familiar salami here in the U.S.ntends to be beef or pork, but other meats can be used…like venisonn(deer), turkey, goose, even horse meat! Some of the other ingredientsnmay include garlic, minced fat, vinegar, wine, salt, white pepper,nother herbs and spices.
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nHerenare some other names for salami: chorizo, cacciatore, kulen,npepperoni, saucisson sec, lardo. Some of these are familiar !andnyummy!). I don’t know that lardo sounds that delicious, though…
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nOnnSalami Day, of course you can celebrate by eating salami! Do a tastentest of several different sorts, possibly eating them with crackersnand cheese.
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nOrnbe creative and make a salami-pasta dish, or maybe salami nests! Or…how about angry-bird salami sandwiches?
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nDon’tntry this at home! Making a salami “floor” – like conceptualnartist Wim Delvoye did (pictured below) – would be really expensive!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nGrandmanMoses Day
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nLusakanAgreement Day in Mozambique
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nGeologistnFerdinand Hayden’s birthday
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nBrazil’snIndependence Day
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