This food holiday on March 3 each year celebrates cured and preserved meats like ham, turkey, salami, bologna, and pastrami, typically enjoyed sliced and cold from a deli.
Often served on sandwiches, charcuterie boards, or as part of a salad or appetizer, cold cuts can be found in meals around the world.
Cold cuts originated in ancient civilizations as a means of preserving meat with methods like salting, smoking, and air-drying. The Romans refined these meat preservation techniques for sausages and various pork-based recipes, which became precursors to many modern deli meats.
