The Norcineria Tradition
Muccia, a small mountain town in the Sibillini Mountains of the Macerata province, boasts an ancient tradition tied to norcineria, the art of pork processing. Throughout the Umbrian-Marche Apennines, pig slaughtering was an important rural ritual. In Muccia, for example, “from the pig come ham, salami, ciauscolo, sausages, loin, coppa, lard, and much more”—in other words, nothing goes to waste…
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