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15 Italian Deli Meats, Explained
Tasting Table ^ | 9/2/23 | Brandon Rich

Posted on 12/06/2023 11:54:47 AM PST by DallasBiff

Whisper to many American eaters the phrase "deli meat," and you'll instantly conjure up images of Oscar Meyer bologna or hunks of mass-produced Boar's Head meat. But say the same thing to an Italian, and you're likely to receive a confused look. Italian culinary culture has a long history of producing cured, fermented, smoked, and otherwise preserved meats, but the word root word for this exercise, delicatessen, actually stems from French, then into English. These days, the French may seem to have a monopoly on the entire menu category (we're talking charcuterie,) but many of the best-aged meats you can order from a deli are actually Italian.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: deli; italiandeli; jewishdeli
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Back in the 70's and 80's, one could go into the Picksburgh strip district, and find a good Italian and Jewish deli, with great deli meat.
1 posted on 12/06/2023 11:54:47 AM PST by DallasBiff
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2 posted on 12/06/2023 11:58:55 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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3 posted on 12/06/2023 11:59:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Health-wise, processed meats are one of the worst (wurst?) things one can eat.


4 posted on 12/06/2023 12:02:54 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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Lardo!


5 posted on 12/06/2023 12:03:30 PM PST by Rio
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You should see how Sfogliatella is pronounced.


6 posted on 12/06/2023 12:05:24 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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Good Italian deli meats aren’t “processed” the way Americans think of it.

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7 posted on 12/06/2023 12:07:03 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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Health-wise, processed meats are one of the worst (wurst?) things one can eat.
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Yes, but they sure do taste good!🙂

Unfortunately, we don’t nearly eat as much as we used to-it’s just too expensive. My wife’s and my grandfathers used to make their own Italian sausage. THAT was the good stuff….


8 posted on 12/06/2023 12:10:43 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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I’d rather hear it.


9 posted on 12/06/2023 12:12:59 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I have no proof, but they're true !)
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I’d rather hear it.

Talking dictionaries do both, phonetically spelled so you an see it and many have audible buttons to hear it.

10 posted on 12/06/2023 12:15:29 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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Put me down in Club Soppresata, it is like Genoa Salami squared.

i love Prosciutto as well (pro-zhoot). I have no use for Mortadella. Capicola is cood, but overrated.


11 posted on 12/06/2023 12:18:41 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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Where’s the Gabagool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUUzmaCxc


12 posted on 12/06/2023 12:19:30 PM PST by freefdny
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13 posted on 12/06/2023 12:20:15 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Classic!


14 posted on 12/06/2023 12:22:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Mortadella - The Meat of Death.


15 posted on 12/06/2023 12:23:46 PM PST by x
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Italian ham sandwich.

16 posted on 12/06/2023 12:28:32 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: 1Old Pro
You should see how Sfogliatella is pronounced.

Whaaa... vuyaDELL?

17 posted on 12/06/2023 12:34:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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Put me down in Club Soppresata

South Philly says "soopasodt"

18 posted on 12/06/2023 12:35:50 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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Mmmm, cured meat. I don’t care what’s in em, or how they’re made, they’re why I’ll never be vegetarian.


19 posted on 12/06/2023 12:37:51 PM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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Whaaa... vuyaDELL?

More like spool lia tella

20 posted on 12/06/2023 12:38:31 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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