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Lucanica

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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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Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Origin Region
Lucania, Italy 1
Sources
1. Lucanica (Wikipedia)
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    Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanica (dietary-suitability)
    Lucanica was a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine.
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