Salumeria

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.

Foods and personnel at a salumeria

Overview

A salumeria in Milan 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]

Gallery

• Salumerie
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  Foods at a salumeria
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  The store front of a salumeria in Verona, Italy
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  Pasta at a salumeria
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  A salumeria in Valletta, Malta
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  A salumeria in San Gimignano, Italy, established in 1855
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  Interior of a salumeria

See also

• Italy portal
• Food portal

• Trattoria