A salumeria is a food producer and retail store that produces ''

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'' 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

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Overview

A salumeria is a food purveyor and retail store that produces and sells ''

'', which are meat products of Italian origin that includes

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and other foods predominantly made from pork. Some salumerias also produce some beef-based products, such as

bresaola Bresaola ( , , , ) is air-dried, salted beef (but it can also be made of horse, venison and pork) that has been aged two or three months until it becomes hard and turns a dark red, almost purple color. It is made from top (inside) round, and ...

, a salted beef product, and purvey other food products such as pasta, cheese, preserved foods, anchovies, salt cod, wines, bread and cooked meats. Some modern salumerias only sell ''salumi'' and related products, while not producing products on-premises. Some salumerias also operate sit-down restaurants, such as Sorriso Italian Salumeria in

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, New York City.

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is another salumeria in New York City that is well-known, and was established in 1925.

History

The salumeria originated in Italy and dates to the

. Historically, salumerias in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, Italy did not produce their own meats. They selected meats and other products such as pasta, olives and cheeses from local purveyors. These purveyors worked in a

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system that was created by the ''signori'' in Bologna, the city's rulers, in a system that dates to the Middle Ages. 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. The ''lardaioli'' also produced soap and candles from the pork lard they would receive. This guild system was eliminated by

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around the time of the turn of the 19th century.

Gallery

File:Salumeria formaggeria - panoramio.jpg, Foods at a salumeria File:Salumeria G. Albertini - Verona.jpg, The store front of a salumeria in

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, Italy File:Pasta Salumeria.jpg, Pasta at a salumeria File:LValetta Malta Shop-in-Valetta-Old-Town-01.jpg, A salumeria in

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, Malta File:A San Gimignano salumeria.jpg, A salumeria in San Gimignano, Italy, established in 1855 File:Interior of a salumeria.jpg, Interior of a salumeria

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