Salumi
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Salumi are Italian cured meat products and predominantly made from pork. It comes from the italian word salume, pl. salumi, coming from the latin word salumen, that means salty meat. The term salumi also encompasses bresaola, which is made from beef, and also cooked products such as mortadella and prosciutto cotto. The word salumi is not a misspelling or variant of salami (from the italian word: salume, pl. salumi). Salami is a specific type of salumi.
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Examples of salumi include:
- Prosciutto (Italian: Prosciutto crudo)
- Prosciutto cotto (ham)
- Coppa or Capicola
- Bresaola
- Cotechino / Zampone
- Guanciale
- Lardo
- Mortadella
- Pancetta
- Salame
