Lucanica (ancient charcuterie): La Lucanica was a short, fatty, rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine (*)
Apicius documents it as a spicy and smoked beef or pork sausage from Lucania (**); according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman troops or slaves from Lucania (**).
It gave its name to a variety of sausages (fresh, salted and smoked) in Mediterranean cuisine and its colonial ramifications, including:
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