What is mortadella
Sandy Florence
Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
of the many meats sold in the deli was mortadella. Mortadella is an
Italian bologna with flecks of fat pressed into it. It was a very popular
seller, one that I never understood.
Sandy
Anne Bourget
: Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
: Sandy
And even though it was listed as one of the ingredients in the wonderful
meat loaf recipe given to me by Maria Pia Breschi, I must admit that
whenever I make I leave out the mortadella. Out of laziness and general
apathy. I have found that a mixture of ground chuck, sirloin, and pork
works very well. Sometimes --if it is available--I even use a bit of
ground veal. Still think it is all that garlic, parmesan cheese, and
parley that really makes it so special though. ;-)
Anne
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Sue M. Ford
(Sandy Florence)' wrote:
>Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
>of the many meats sold in the deli was mortadella. Mortadella is an
>Italian bologna with flecks of fat pressed into it. It was a very popular
>seller, one that I never understood.
>
>Sandy
Sounds like the photographic negative of rilletes du payes (or whatever)
where you have bits of meat pressed into fat.
Sue
Lead me not into temptation.... I can find it myself.
Ellen L. Kennedy
(Sandy Florence) wrote:
> Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
> of the many meats sold in the deli was mortadella. Mortadella is an
> Italian bologna with flecks of fat pressed into it. It was a very popular
> seller, one that I never understood.
>
> Sandy
What little Italian I have learned leads me to believe that mortadella
could mean - of the death. Morto meaning death and della meaning of the. I
know eating all that fat could lead to death :>D
When I was in Italy a few years ago, visiting my cousins, they all served
a type of salami called souprasada (I spelled it phonically, don't know
real spelling). It was homemade and consisted of mostly fat. You had to
try it or they would be insulted. They even wanted us to take some home
with us in our luggage! I never could understand why they enjoyed it so
much.
Ellen Kennedy
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David
hat...@netcom.com (Susan Hattie Steinsapir) wrote:
> My favorite mortadella has pistachios in it....
I was born and lived in Italy for about 27 yrs. Traveled the little country
all over many times. Going through all the different ^sub-coltures^ of this
incredible nation, assuming that there is a unified colture, one thing was
always constant: Mortadella <s>.
The only mortadella I know is with pistacchio. It's in the definition. Are
there other kind of mortadella ???
This is what I love about travelling...it's a continuos discovery !!!
Thanks
David
Heather Timmons
: In article <3su9tq...@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, flor...@oasys.dt.navy.mil
: (Sandy Florence) wrote:
: > Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
: > of the many meats sold in the deli was mortadella. Mortadella is an
: > Italian bologna with flecks of fat pressed into it. It was a very popular
: > seller, one that I never understood.
: >
: > Sandy
Hey...haven't you been watching the Frugal Gourmet...he did a whole show
specializing in Italian meat :)
Mortadella is basically a bologna type meat, but they don't put quite the
disgusting stuff that America puts into our bologna. It is kinda like
gourmet bologna and they use it to "extend" other dishes, since meat is
SOOOO much more expensive in Italy. Jeff Smith mixed some cheese and
mortadella and wrapped a steak-type cut of meat around it and baked
it...they SAID it tastes really good....but I hate bologna sooooooo much
I wouldn't touch it myself....:)
Heather
Susan Hattie Steinsapir
I did make Anne's meatloaf with mortadella. It makes it saltier,
for sure! Couldn't eat the stuff - tried it and it was delicious.
My favorite mortadella has pistachios in it. One of my favorite
sandwiches used to be mortadella and provolone on a sour french roll.
Marcella Hazen has an interesting appetizer involving food
processing mortadella with gherkins to a paste to use as a dunk. Salt
city but it sounds good.
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Susan
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Michael DiFulvio
Being raised Italian-American I understand what mortadella is (I think) but I have seen the term used in more than just a reference to meat. In fact, I always understood it to mean *dead meat* in the most direct way. Also, it is often used in a less than nice way to refer to someone who has died. Gross term but very true.
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Dan Masi
>Ellen L. Kennedy (eken...@teleport.com) wrote:
>: In article <3su9tq...@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, flor...@oasys.dt.navy.mil
>: (Sandy Florence) wrote:
>
>: > Many years ago in my younger years, I worked in an Italian deli. One
>: > of the many meats sold in the deli was mortadella.
I beleive the translation is as follows:
Morta = Death
Della = deli meat.
Death meat.
;-)
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