Lucanica was a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine. Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania, and according to Cicero and Martial it was brought to Rome by soldiers returning from Lucania.
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Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania
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Lucanica was a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine.
Prepared By Technique: Smoking, Lead sentence
Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania; according to Cicero
Uses Ingredient: Pork, lead paragraph
Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania; according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman soldiers from Lucania.
Uses Ingredient: Beef, lead paragraph
Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania; according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman soldiers from Lucania.
Expresses Tradition: Salt Curing, Smoking and Drying, Lead paragraph
Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania; according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman soldiers from Lucania.
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Cooks InfoIn Cuisine: Italian Cuisine, Origin noteQuote, In Cuisine: Italian Cuisine, Origin note
Lucanicae were thin smoked Roman sausages that originated in a region in the south of Italy that was known as Lucania (today, Basilicata.)
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