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Meat that convinced America mystery and lunch could coexist.
means A finely ground, mildly seasoned sausage—usually made from beef, pork, or a blend—sold pre-cooked and sliced for sandwiches.
from Named for Bologna, Italy, home of mortadella, the pork-and-fat sausage studded with peppercorns and pistachios that Italian immigrants' American cousin loosely imitated. The U.S. version drifted far from its namesake—smoother, blander, mass-produced—while keeping the city's name, pronounced 'baloney' until the spelling and the sound gave up pretending to agree.
- origin
- named after Bologna, Italy, which disowns it
- real deal
- actual Italian mortadella has pistachios, not vibes
- texture trick
- emulsified so smooth it forgets it was ever an animal
- kid currency
- fried in a pan, it briefly becomes gourmet