Located in Siena, S.A.L.C.I.S. was founded in 1941 as a cooperative to unify pork butchers facing restrictions during WWII. Then, in the 1960s, one of the original members of S.A.L.C.I.S., Armando Morbidi, saw the possibility for a rebranded version of the coop into a family company “SALCIS” also began production of the traditional sheep’ milk…
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Reverence for Land at SALCIS
“Pasture is the main resource of our sheep,” says Antonio Morbidi, current president and third generation of the Morbidi family to operate SALCIS. “To continue having the highest quality of milk, it’s necessary to keep the earth as it has been left from our fathers.” Located in Siena in the Tuscany region of Italy, SALCIS…
The Beauty of Raw Milk Cheese
Get Ready for a Raw Milk Cheese Culinary Adventure! We at Rogers Collection are really excited to offer an incredibly delicious and well-varied selection of raw milk cheeses. Eleven, to be exact! From delicate to robust, from subtle to intensely aromatic, from creamy to firm, these handcrafted cheeses will make your heart sing! Raw milk…
New Cheeses in the Collection: Monnalisa Pecorinos by SALCIS
I’ll get to the cheese, but first we have to talk a little about meat. Originally a salami producer, SALCIS— an acronym for Societa Anonima Lavorazione Carni Insaccati Siena—was founded in 1941 during World War II as a way to unify all the Tuscan Salami producers in the area of Siena. The society is owned,…