Which of these sausages originates from the word salt?
Salami is a cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried meat, typically pork. Historically, salami was popular among Southern, Eastern, and Central European peasants because it can be stored at room temperature for up to 45 days once cut, supplementing a potentially meager or inconsistent supply of fresh meat. Countries and regions across Europe make their own traditional varieties of salami.
The word originates from the word "sale" ("salt") with a termination ("-ame") that in Italian indicates a collective noun. Thus, it originally referred to all kinds of salted meats. The Italian tradition of cured meats includes several styles, and the word salame soon specifically meant only the most popular kind, a salted and spiced meat, ground and extruded into an elongated, thin casing (usually cleaned animal intestine), then left to undergo natural fermentation and drying for days, months, or even years.
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