An Italian feast

A surprise cover from Fabio when he visited his hometown ! Thanks bud :) 

Auricchio Italy 

Date of issue - 22 March 2017 
Designer - Anna Maria Maresca

Auricchio is a cheese company that makes the famous Provolone cheese. The history of the best in the world Provolone starts with a secret.The secret of Gennaro Auricchio, who founded its company in 1877 in San Giuseppe Vesuviano, close to Naples.Thanks to its special rennet, Provolone acquires a unique, unmistakable taste. The provolone AURICCHIO gains an increasing reputation both in Italy and abroad. With the early emigrants it crosses the Ocean and lands on the United States in early 1900s. 1992 is a year of economic crisis. Following the enticing offer of a foreign multinational company, 50% of company shares are on sale.But… events take a sudden turn!President Gennaro Auricchio acquires the shares and brings back the family group.It is the re-launch of Auricchio!

             In 1994 the production facilities in Somma Vesuviana and Pieve San Giacomo are increased and refurbished.The Auricchio Provolone is a complete food, rich in calcium and in those proteins that are essential elements for the development of human body and the nourishment of bone tissue in all stages of life. Provolone enhances recipes in a tasty and inviting way: it makes a fanciful appetizer, a tasty finish to any dish. Each product highlights a great family heritage and is manufactured in compliance with the Italian cooking tradition that tries to keep alive the simple and wise ways of Grandma, as Gennaro Auricchio did.

Fratelli Carli - Made in Italy

 

Year of issue - 2011

A definitive stamp of the Made in Italy series 

Cartoon depicting in stylized, graphic design elements related to the company Fratelli Carli: the background, the sea and a hill with cultivation of olive trees, left a demijohn and a truck in the foreground with the old word "Fratelli Carli" .  

Fratelli Carli is an Italian company that was started in 1911, and the various products they make have their special olives. The virgin olive oil is their most favourite and popular product. 

Prosciutto do San Daniele 

Prosciutto is an Italian dry-cured ham that is usually thinly sliced and served uncooked; this style is called prosciutto crudo in Italian (or simply crudo) and is distinguished from cooked ham, prosciutto cotto.A number of regions have their own variations of prosciutto, each with degrees of protected status, but the most prized are the Prosciutto di Parma PDO from the Emilia-Romagna region and the Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (EU), certain well-established meat products, including some local prosciutto, are covered by a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) – DOP in Italian – and other, less stringent designations of geographical origin for traditional specialties.

The two famous types of Italian prosciutto crudo are:  

prosciutto crudo di Parma, from Parma, and 

prosciutto crudo di San Daniele, from the San Daniele del Friuli area, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

The prosciutto di San Daniele is darker in color and sweeter in flavor. For both of them, the product specifications completely prohibit additives such as nitrite and nitrate that are often present in unprotected products.The prosciutto is celebrated every summer at the end of June during the Aria di Festa.

Aria di Festa is a festival based around one local culinary item—that takes place in San Daniele del Friuli over a period of some three days at the end of June each year. The speciality here is the dry-cured raw ham known as Prosciutto di San Daniele. The event draws thousands of tourists every year from across the world, especially from Austria and Slovenia which are located close.

San Daniele del Friuli is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udinein the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,

Thanks Fabio for this envelope - it definitely is like an Italian feast on my table !