Salumeria

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A salumeria is a food producer and retail store that produces salumi and other food products. Some only sell foods, while not producing on-site, and some have a restaurant with sit-down service. The salumeria originated in Italy, and dates to the Middle Ages.

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A salumeria in Milan, Italy, in 1930. Poultry products are hanging in front of the store. Polleria06.png
A salumeria in Milan, Italy, in 1930. Poultry products are hanging in front of the store.

A salumeria is a food purveyor and retail store that produces and sells salumi , which are meat products of Italian origin that includes sausages, cold cuts and other foods predominantly made from pork. [1] [2] Some salumerie also produce some beef-based products, such as bresaola, a salted beef product, and purvey other food products such as pasta, cheese, preserved foods, anchovies, salt cod, wines, bread and cooked meats. [2] [3] [4] Some modern salumerie only sell salumi and related products, while not producing products on-premises. Some salumerie also operate sit-down restaurants, such as Sorriso Italian Salumeria in Queens, New York City. [5] Salumeria Biellese is another salumeria in New York City that is well-known, and was established in 1925. [6]

History

The salumeria originated in Italy and dates to the Middle Ages. [1] [7] Historically, salumerie in Bologna, Italy, did not produce their own meats. [1] They selected meats and other products such as pasta, olives and cheeses from local purveyors. [1] These purveyors worked in a guild system that was created by the signori in Bologna, the city's rulers, in a system that dates to the Middle Ages. [1] Purveyors for salumeria products included the salaroli, which controlled the salt industry, who salted the pork, which was then shipped to the lardaioli, a guild that sold the pork. [1] The lardaioli also produced soap and candles from the pork lard they would receive. [1] This guild system was eliminated by Napoléon Bonaparte around the time of the turn of the 19th century. [1]

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