L&M's Salumeria Menu To Go

A selection of our Italian cured meats and cheeses, great for home use as appetizers, or in your own home cooking. Please try to order a day ahead so that we can best accommodate you.

The following items are available at $5.00/quarter pound.

Prosciutto di Parma - The most prized of Italian meats: salt-cured ham from Parma, Italy.

Soppressata - A hearty salami, seasoned with whole peppercorns, red pepper flake and white wine.

Pancetta - Italian style bacon, salt-cured with cinnamon and bay leaves, very good for use in a wide variety of recipes, or as an appetizer as well. Please note that unlike all the other items listed, our pancetta needs to be cooked before use.

Grana Padano - A hard, sweet, fragrant cheese, similar to Parmigiano Reggiano, made in the same fashion but aged for less time.

Pecorino Toscana - A semi-hard sheep's milk cheese from the Tuscany region, with a mellow, distinctive flavor.

Pecorino Romano - A hard sheep's milk cheese from Rome, with a sharp, salty flavor.

Sometimes we may have other items as well. Please check with us when you order to see if there is something available which is not on the list.

Salumeria Traveler - Great as a gift or simply a take-home sampler $25.00
Your choice of three items from the list above. Each Traveler includes a quarter pound each of your three choices, and a small jar of our picholine olives, all placed in a small canvas bag.

History of the Salumeria

The Italian version of the delicatessen is the salumeria, which means "cured meat shop". The origins of the salumeria stretch back to the ancient Romans, who first developed curing methods out of practical necessity, simply using air, salt, and smoke to preserve meats in those days long before refrigeration. As time went on, the Italians elevated curing to an art form. Different combinations of curing techniques and spices, combined with regional peculiarities and attention to where and how their livestock was raised, resulted in an infinite variety of "salumi", cured meats.

Among the various game animals which the earliest Italians prized, they had a particular love of wild boar, which satisfied their taste for rich, flavorful foods. Various breeds were developed from the boar, and the hog in all its variations holds pride of place in Italy to this day. This fact is made evident by the wide array of salumi made form pork.

And there is an ancient culinary relationship between the pig and yet another food which the Italians have mastered and made their own - cheese. In the places where cheese-making developed, pigs often became a primary livestock, because the leftover whey from the cheese-making process was an ideal food for pigs, and made for even tastier pork.

All of this culinary history, over three milleniums' worth, comes together in the many salumerias which can be found throughout Italy. Some are small village shops which sell house-made cured meats and cheeses unique to their region or even to the village, and others are extensive affairs carrying a king's selection of the finest and most revered of Italy's food products.

At L&M's Kitchen, we've made the Salumeria the cornerstone of our establishment, with love and respect for the culinary traditions which are so deeply rooted in Italy's culture. We carry some Italian-made specialties, such as Prosciutto and a variety of cheeses, which won't taste the same if produced anywhere else. We also make some of our salumi in-house, using traditional Italian methods to cure Mississippi-raised pork, resulting in a take on Italy which is unique to this area .

We invite you to join us in our love of authentic Italian food, both through our Salumeria and through our menu, which uses all of these cured meats and cheese extensively.