lunchmeats
Sandwich filling options
Lunchmeats are precooked or cured meats sold sliced for sandwiches and cold dishes—ham, turkey, salami, bologna, and the like.
The term emphasizes convenience: lunchmeats require no cooking and are ready to eat.
Also spelled as two words or hyphenated: lunch meats, lunch-meats.
Sometimes called cold cuts or deli meats.
Treated with sodium chloride
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
salami · pastrami · soppressata · capicola · pepperoni · coppa · pancetta · mortadella
Wattled North American fowl
- hamCured pig thigh
- roastbeefOven-cooked beef cut
- salamiCured, seasoned sausage
- pastramiSeasoned smoked beef
bologna · pepperoni · chicken · mortadella · capicola · prosciutto · liverwurst · headcheese
Wattled North American fowl
- hamCured pig thigh
- roastbeefOven-cooked beef cut
- salamiCured, seasoned sausage
- pastramiSeasoned smoked beef
bologna · capicola · mortadella · chicken · submarine · hoagie · club · panini
Preserved meat preparation
- delicatessenPrepared foods shop
- slicerTool that divides thinly
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
- salamiCured, seasoned sausage
pastrami · capicola · mortadella · bologna · roastbeef · soppressata · pepperoni · coppa
salted
Treated with sodium chloride
prosciutto · salami · pastrami · soppressata · capicola · pepperoni · coppa · pancetta · mortadella · chorizo
turkey
Wattled North American fowl
pastrami · bologna · pepperoni · chicken · mortadella · capicola · prosciutto · liverwurst · headcheese · chorizo
turkey
Wattled North American fowl
pastrami · bologna · capicola · mortadella · chicken · submarine · hoagie · club · panini · grinder
charcuterie
Preserved meat preparation
- delicatessenPrepared foods shop
- slicerTool that divides thinly
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
salami · pastrami · capicola · mortadella · bologna · roastbeef · soppressata · pepperoni · coppa · pancetta
lunchmeatsroast beef
Oven-cooked beef cut
rotisserie chicken · grilled chicken · seared steak · smoked brisket · pulled pork
lunchmeatsprime cuts
Best portions of meat
fresh meat · raw meat · steak · filet mignon · grass-fed beef
lunchmeatsplant-based protein
Nutrients from flora sources
tofu · tempeh · fresh vegetables · whole foods · legumes