Beautiful domestic letter from Verdi, who writes from Parma to a certain Luigi Bezzi, presumably the owner of an inn in the Duchy of Modena and Reggio Emilia called Albergo del Canaletto, asking him to receive a “zampetto di Modena”, a sort of boiled salami made from pork, lard and rind typical of Modena, today called zampone. It seems that Bezzi was the supplier of zampone for Verdi, since the latter promised to pay this time too for what Bezzi had brought him in the spring and had forgotten to pay.

Giuseppe Verdi, one of the most famous composers of all time, had a farm in his hometown near Parma and, despite his frequent travels and tours, he always tried to personally take care of the management of the company, being a lover of quality products and good food, just like his colleague Gioacchino Rossini.