The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving. Because of this, as we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

For today’s Did You Know we will look at Cold Cut fun facts.

Cold Cut Fun Facts: Cold cuts—also known as lunch meats, luncheon meats, sandwich meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, and deli meats—are precooked or cured meat, often sausages or meat loaves, that are sliced and served cold or hot on sandwiches or on party trays.

• There are three types of cold cut meat and poultry products: Whole cuts of meats or poultry that are cooked and then sliced (examples: roast beef, corned beef, turkey breast), sectioned and formed products and processed products.
• March 3rd is National Cold Cut Day.
• At Subway, every cold cut is made out of the same meat…turkey.
• A few American favorites at deli counters are pastrami, roast beef, turkey and ham.
• Most pre-sliced cold cuts are higher in fat, nitrates, and sodium than those that are sliced to order, as a larger exposed surface requires stronger preservatives.

Cold Cut Fun Facts We Missed

Please feel free to let us know if we may have missed some cold cut fun facts in the comment section below. We always love to add to these lists. If we can verify that the facts is just that, a fact, we will give the reader credit in the article.

Reference: Wikipedia: Fun Facts about Cold Cuts.

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