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Charcuterie includes, but is not limited to, mostly pork items, or items combined with pork or pork fat. You will find: bacon, sausage, ham, pates, terrines, galantines, and confit. These methods were used before refrigeration was used, in order to prolong the life of meats, and for them to last through the warmer months. Forcemeats are also available, which can contain: pork, seafood, venison, poultry, rabbit, trout, salmon, pike, boar, wild game birds, and veal combined with herbs, and blended with pork fat (until it's almost a sausage-like consistency). Terrines contain forcemeat, and are baked within a pastry shell. Pate is made from liver, goose liver being the most sought after. Galantines and Roulade contain chilled poultry, as well as unflavored Gelatin. Salt-cured meats, such as ham, are incredibly popular. You will also find fermented sausage, mortadella, salami, prosciutto, capicola, and pancetta. The foods are relatively simple, but rich in flavor, and rather complex-tasting.

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