Lucanica
Ancient Roman pork sausage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ancient Roman pork sausage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lucanica was a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine. Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania;[1] according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman soldiers from Lucania.[2][3]
It has given its name to a variety of sausages (fresh, cured, and smoked) in Mediterranean cuisine and its colonial offshoots, including:
Today, lucanica is identified as lucanica di Picerno, produced in Basilicata (whose territory was part of the ancient Lucania).[6]
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