Columbus Salame Collection Giveaway
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:30PM in Appetizer, Giveaways, Pork, Product Reviews, bread, fruit, holidays, lunch, opinion, snack My husband and I love snacking on different cheeses, salame (or salami), fruit, assorted savories like roasted peppers and olives, and crusty bread. Wash it all down with a great wine, and you’ve got a fun time! It’s our version of a ploughman’s platter.
I was recently contacted my Molly, representing Columbus Foods in San Francisco. Not only do they have a great selection of deli meats (Just look at that platter on the home page!), but they also have a selection of hand-crafted salame to die for. They offer Artisan Salumi, as well as a nice variety of Classic Salame.
Giveaway closed. The winner is randomly chosen #3, who is Angela. Congratulations, Angela!
She offered me the opportunity to try a selection of the Columbus Artisan Salumi and Classic Salame. They sent me a beautiful wooden box filled with a fantastic selection, as well as tasting guides for hosting a Salumi Party.
All of these are gluten free, contain no msg, and have no trans fats. They’re all authentic Italian recipes, and are slow aged and dry cured.
About Columbus:
Columbus Salumeria: Inspired in Italy. Founded in San Francisco.
When our founders arrived from Italy in 1917, they brought a bit of Italy with them. With authentic Italian recipes in hand and mastery of salame-making in practice, they began crafting and selling their Old World artisan salame in San Francisco, California, long before “artisan” was known as such.
Today, we are one of the most respected producers of fine foods in the country. In addition to authentic, 100% pork salame, we manufacture premium-quality deli meats made with the finest whole cuts of turkey, ham, beef, and chicken. You can taste tradition in every bite.
You can click here to read more and see the different products that Columbus offers.
There’s a brew pub in Portsmouth, NH that we love to go to--The Portsmouth Brewery. It’s a great place to hang out with friends and enjoy some great food and handcrafted beers. They have this ploughman’s plate on the menu that I love. Well, let me clarify. It used to be a platter that would feed a few people. Now it’s a plate for one. Bummer! Anyway, we were in love with it from the first bite, so that’s where our inspiration came from for this platter. We’ve taken some of our favorites and served them up on a huge board so that everyone can take what they want. Be sure to have plenty of back up so that you can replenish ingredients as they’re eaten. Serve with plenty of wine or ice cold beer, and you’ve got an instant party.
I usually find a lot of salami to be greasy and salty, but the ones from Columbus are so fresh tasting! I’ve been spoiled and don’t think I could snack on any other brand!
There’s hardly any prep for this platter-just mostly slicing up a few things and laying them out on whatever you want to serve them on.
We included:
- The Columbus Salame,of course
- Red grapes
- Crispy apple slices
- Marinated mushrooms
- A selection of olives
- Sliced tomatoes
- Sliced roasted red peppers
- A fabulous Truffle Cheese (use your favorites!
- Grainy pub style mustard
- Toasted baguette slices
Get creative and add your favorites! A platter like this is also great for the holidays.
I encourage you to give Columbus a try! If you can’t find a retailer in your area, you can also order from these online retailers.
Giveaway!
The folks at Columbus have offered to extend a giveaway to one of you, as well! One lucky reader (US only) will receive a box with these salame, as well as tasting guides for hosting your own party:
Herb Salame (I think this one’s my favorite!)
Toscano Salame
Italian Dry Salame
Uncured Pepper Salame
To enter:
1) Simply leave a comment on this post, and you’ll be entered to win.
Extra Entries, if you like:
1) Tweet about this giveaway, and leave a comment telling me you did so.
2) Like Columbus on Facebook, and let me know that you did in another comment.
That’s it! I’ll choose a random winner on Friday, May 27th. Good luck!
I received my collection of meats from Columbus at no charge. I was not compensated for my opinions.
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Reader Comments (65)
Looks delicious! Would love to win the giveaway and serve this at a dinner party.
I love doing meat & cheese platters! Sometimes all I want for dinner is salame, cheese, olives & bread.
Just tweeted the giveaway!
Be Still my pork loving heart! I could eat salame everyday, this stuff looks good!
YUM, I adore salame! This sounds so delicious! :)
omg love this! Great post!
I can't even describe how much I've been cravin really fantastic cured meat lately! This would be a godsend to win :)
What a wonderful light and easy summer snack... or meal!
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I just posted on my Facebook page about this giveaway because it looked so yummy! Now I want salami!
I just retreated you giveaway!
Thanks for the opportunity to win Columbus Salami ~ I just LIKED their page!
Count me in.
I love them! They offer ONLY humanely killed products. That is 5 stars in my book.
Thanks. I'd love to win some.
Not commenting/tweeting to enter (I've won enough from you!) but I love their salami. You're right, it's not at all greasy, and it's really nice chopped up and scrambled with eggs, served on a soft Italian roll. My favorite is the Toscano but now I may have to try the herb.
I love Columbus Salame and they're right here in the bay Area!
I tweeted about the contest. (http://twitter.com/ellenfitz/statuses/72848828126081025)
Yum! This looks delicious, dried/cured/salted meats rock!
I would love to win sausage from them!
I also liked them on Facebook!
This type of meal is one of our favorites too! So good and easy to do! I would love to try some.
I "liked" Columbus on Facebook.
I tweeted about the contest. (http://twitter.com/ellenfitz/statuses/72848828126081025)
Would love to win this selection, have not seen the product in my area.
I did retweet the post.
I did Like Columbus on my Facebook page. Thanks for the giveaway.
Oh my gosh, Elle, you have NO idea how much I love salami...all kinds of it. I eat it for snacks all the time, and my husband and I do what we call "antipasti dinners" where we do a whole plate of salame, different cheeses, white beans with garlic and rosemary, all sorts of goodies. I am dying to win this!
Tweeted and stumbled it.
As always Ellie, You nailed it! Everything looks so yummy!
Liked on FB as well! ;)
That salame looks so good! I could go for a platter of that right now!
I tweeted about the giveaway from @PoetInThePantry https://twitter.com/#!/PoetInThePantry/status/72992226606718976
Liked on FB, too!
It all looks delicious! Would love to try it!!
You just posted my favorite dinner! Love their peppered salame with crusty bread, olives and cheese (with a glass of wine of coure
!) Must get red grapes next time.... YUM!
Liked on FB too...
Elle have you ever gone over the the low bridge in Portsmouth by Strawberry Banke into Kittery & gone to the Beach Pea Bakery?
They have a Fougasse (and pecan squares) that are TO DIE FOR!!!!! Buy 2 the first one wont make it home... ;-) just sayin'
I make the same platters for the hubby and me , the salame would be great!
Columbus brand is my favorite - their Toscano salami is fabulous.
I love this brand. We used to eat it when we lived in CA before moving to ME. Would love some again.
THis is my favorite type of eating, especially during the summer when it is too hot to cook.
Like them on Facebook too!
This is our favorite kind of dinner, a bunch of cured meats, cheese & other treats
My husband would absolutely love this!
great giveaway - everything looks so delicious! we love tailgating with salami and cheese!! yum.
Excellent! My kind of party! Going to go tweet this now.
We love salami in this house, would love to try this brand I am not familiar with!!!!!!
I love salami!
my hubby and I love salame Thanks so much for the giveaway
that prize package sounds amazing!
Oh my gosh! this looks right up my husbands and my alley!! we love to sit outside or at the island inside, and enjoy a glass of wine and snacky food and discuss our day/week/dreams etc! would love to win this and surprise him with a spread!