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[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Peperoni are bell peppers. I have no idea why the USA chose to use this word to mean salami, instead of, you know, salami.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Pepperoni and salami are totally different dude, you might as well be saying that Americans should just call their potatoes "yams". And you can get both of those sausages and many, many more on your pizza, often at the same time

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You're thinking of peperoncino, a spiced chilli pepper also known as sweet Italian peppers. We still have salami in the US.

I'd guess pepperoni is called that because it's dried salami with pepper seasoning.

I found a link just randomly googling. https://www.thoughtco.com/you-say-pepperoni-3972377

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, peperoncini are a bit like chili. Peperoni is literally "bell peppers" though. Peperone in singular.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/italian-english/peperone