# Speak to me of salami **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479 "2013-11-21T22:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/21 "2013-11-22T15:27:08Z")
Find a kosher deli and get their hard salami. (And I don’t eat it with cheese.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/22 "2013-11-22T15:48:51Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Find a kosher deli and get their hard salami. (And I don’t eat it with cheese.) Hehe. I did see some kosher salami the other day at Trader Joe’s. Alas, I don’t believe there is a kosher deli in my city. ☹ Kosher bologna is The Best. Fried bologna sandwich with mustard on plain white bread… the food of poor college students, but: _yum!_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/23 "2013-11-22T16:01:11Z")
If you could find Pick brand salami (from Hungary), that’s definitely worth checking out. There’s a local version by a company called Bende that is pretty decent, too. That’s going to be more like your Italian salamis rather than your deli meat salamis. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/24 "2013-11-22T16:39:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > All-right! I see some serious snacking (excuse the alliteration) coming up in my weekend. Do I need crackers, cheese, beer to sample these noms? I love my salami’s and such with a bunch of crackers, bread, cheese, beer, wine - the whole shebang. Try them all on their own to get a sense for what they bring to the party, but remember - it’s a party! 😉 Oh, and if you can get some Dalmatian Fig Spread, too - you got yourself a picnic! (It’s a jam/preserve that is not too sweet and tastes fabulous on bread. We get bread, the various meats, some wine, olives, etc - and everybody gets to mix them up the way they like it…) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/25 "2013-11-22T16:42:06Z")
Salami on a cracker with Major Grey’s chutney. College horse ovaries. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/26 "2013-11-22T16:48:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Salami on a cracker with Major Grey’s chutney. College horse ovaries. My late husband always called them “whore’s ovaries.” I guess you’re one of them _ree-fined_ types. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/27 "2013-11-22T17:37:16Z")
The hard and extra-hard salami from [Romanian Kosher Sausage Company](http://www.romaniankoshersausage.com/Services/) in Chicago is fantastic. Quality meat, excellent texture, and outstanding flavor (heavy on the garlic!). They ship anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/28 "2013-11-22T17:45:40Z")
For a real preserved meat treat, you can order salumi and other “tasty salty pig parts” from Boccalone [http://www.boccalone.com/](http://www.boccalone.com/) in SF. Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto runs this sideline too, and everything I’ve tried has been amazingly delicious. Not cheap, worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/29 "2013-11-23T15:32:46Z")
You could order some from [Katz Deli](http://katzsdelicatessen.com/) in NYC. I can’t speak for their salami, but their pastrami is the stuff of dreams. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479/30 "2013-11-23T19:48:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If you could find Pick brand salami (from Hungary), that’s definitely worth checking out. Yep - that is the brand I was talking about upthread - all other salamis pale in comparison, as far as I am concerned. And the thinner the slices, the better! Just stack more of them on the bread/cracker whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-salami/674479.md?page=1)