Hanging around the aging room at Smoking Goose

Salumi are fermented, air-dried meats, usually pork, that can be whole muscle products, like prosciutto, which is dry-cured ham, and sausage-style salami, like Smoking Goose’s Delaware Fireball, a cold-smoked, caul fat-wrapped nugget of pork flavored with chile and espelette pepper.

If you’re looking to get your hands on an elusive, exclusive product from Smoking Goose, look no further than the Butcher’s Secret Stash on its website. Corrie Cook says, “These are one-off, limited-release meat treats from our secret corner of the Aging Room ... seasonal features, small batches, whatever the harvest inspires Chris and the Goose Gang butchers to create. It's always changing and always unique and delicious.”

Serious Eats has a great Salumi 101 article that is the perfect introduction to the world of traditional cured meats.