| Headword | Felino salami |
| Domain and subdomain | Food – meat products |
| Grammatical label | Noun, sing. |
| Definition | Sausage made from a mixture of meat and pig fat, salt, pepper, crushed garlic and possibly wine and other flavourings, and seasoned before consumption. (1) |
| Note | The Product Specification of Felino claims that the sausage is prepared with meat of pigs belonging to certain breeds and that cuts such as bench mince (chuck back rib) and bacon head should be used. Meat from boars and sows is not allowed.Processing begins with mincing, followed by flavouring. Salt, white wine with a finely chopped garlic and pepper and other spices are added. The filling takes place in the natural casing and is then followed by the binding with twine; the maturation must last two months, at least. (2) In 2013, Felino Salami was recognised by the European Union as an agri-food product with a protected geographical indication (PGI). (3) Its name comes from the place where it’s produced: Felino, a small village located in Italy’s central Emilia-Romagna region. (4) |
| Context | The extremely tasty Felino Salami can boast Etruscan antecedents: this can be seen in the name itself of the fortunate village in the province of Parma where, quite possibly, the best of the Italian cured pork meat products is made. (5) |
| Phonetic transcription | [ fe’lino sa’lami] |
| Synonyms/variants | Salame – sausage |
| Etymology | Italian, plural of salame, from a late Latin word meaning ‘to salt’. (6) |
| Product image |  (7) |
| Equivalents | ITA Salame Felino ESP Salchichón Felino FRA Saucisson Felino RO Salam Felino |
| Note of the equivalents | In Italian, the word salame is masculine [plural form, salami] |
| Institution | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali |
| Date | 28/07/2021 |
| Last modified | 25/04/2023 |
| Author Revisor | Chiara Buschi Gloria Zanella |
| Fonti | 1) cfr. AA. VV., Dizionario di enogastronomia in cinque lingue, Academia Universa Press – Edizioni Plan, Milano, 2012; 2) https://www.metegolose.com/salumi/salame-felino/ 3) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salame_di_Felino 4) https://www.eataly.com/us_en/magazine/eataly-stories/salame-felino/#:~:text=Salame%20Felino%20is%20a%20particular,Italy’s%20central%20Emilia%2DRomagna%20region. 5) https://salamedifelino.museidelcibo.it/en/characteristics/ 6) https://www.google.com/search?q=salami+etymology&rlz=1C1FKPE_itIT932IT932&oq=salami+etymology+&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30.7700j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 7)https://www.metegolose.com/salumi/salame-felino/ |
