Lucanica

Lucanica di Picerno, a product that derives from the ancient lucanica sausage

Lucanica was a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine. Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania;[1] according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman soldiers from Lucania.[2][3]

It has given its name to a variety of sausages (fresh, cured, and smoked) in Mediterranean cuisine and its colonial offshoots, including:

Today, lucanica is identified as lucanica di Picerno, produced in Basilicata (whose territory was part of the ancient Lucania).[6]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Nancy (2007). Cucina del sole : a celebration of southern Italian cooking. William Morrow. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-06-072343-9. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ Oxford Companion to Food
  3. ^ Touring Club Italiano Le città dell'olio, 2001, Touring Editore pag. 237 ISBN 88-365-2141-X
  4. ^ Maxime Rodinson, "GHidhā", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. full text
  5. ^ For the phonetic variation, see Dulaym ibn Masʻūd Qaḥṭānī, Sound changes in Arabic sonorant consonants (not seen)
  6. ^ "The Lucanica di Picerno, A Historical Sausage". Arte Cibo. Retrieved September 16, 2020.