The gourm.itpedia word of the week is:
Masalén
/ma-sa-lén/
In the Emilian dialect, the masters of the art of pork butchery.
Benedetta Spigaroli, of the Antica Corte Pallavicina, recounts the ancient craft of the masalén, who still today, as hundreds of years ago, performs the magic of transforming pork meat into Culatelli using only his hands.
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