Inside the homes, during the winter months, hands work the meat rapidly, brought forward in a percussive motion. <\/b>It is generally the men who shape the elongated forms that will make up the paired mortadelline <\/i>(small, cured sausages), hung to cure in the following days among the smoke of oak and beech, awaiting Easter. Once the savoury strip of lard has been inserted, it is the women who take on the delicate task of \u201cdressing\u201d them with fresh casings, which were once sewn with such skill that it became a seasonal itinerant practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"