The skiing term “slalom” is sometimes jokingly combined with “salami” to form the portmanteau word “slalami” or “slalomi.” “The Slalami Promise: No more or less than delicatessen-quality pure beef salami, compressed into skis that meet Olympic slalom standards” was posted on Twitter on August 14, 2011. “#skiingfood Slalomi Sandwiches” was posted on Twitter on October 22, 2011. “If I ran a butcher shop I would sell Slalomi in honor of the winter olympics” was posted on Twitter on January 28, 2014.
A riddle was posted on Twitter on June 23, 2014:
Q: What is a skier’s favorite lunch meat?
A: Slalomi!
Wikipedia: Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, and at the Olympic Winter Games.
Wikipedia: Salami
Salami is a type of cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried meat, typically beef or pork. Historically, salami was popular among southern and central European peasants because it stores at room temperature for up to 40 days once cut, supplementing a potentially meager or inconsistent supply of fresh meat. Countries and regions across Europe make their own traditional varieties of salami.
Twitter
Operators Manual
@manual_txt
The Slalami Promise: No more or less than delicatessen-quality pure beef salami, compressed into skis that meet Olympic slalom standards of
3:54 PM - 14 Aug 2011
Twitter
Qwerty Booster
@ColinLusk
#skiingfood Slalomi Sandwiches
11:30 AM - 22 Oct 2011
Twitter
Go Birds Hogan
@dshogan
If I ran a butcher shop I would sell Slalomi in honor of the winter olympics
4:07 PM - 28 Jan 2014
Twitter
Cameron Keuning
@CKeuning19
This is an originally composed joke:
what is a skier’s favorite lunch meat?
Slalomi!
10:52 AM - 23 Jun 2014
Twitter
Jason
@NotJasonDerulo
What’s a skier’s favourite lunch?
A slalomi sandwich.
7:45 PM - 27 Nov 2014
Twitter
Alf
@whoelsebutalf
Someone’s replaced my ski poles with giant cured sausages.
I’m taking part in the downhill Slalami.
12:34 PM - 20 Jun 2015
Twitter
Hälsa Spöke
@smrzle
The Slalomi. It’s just skiing around giant sticks of cured dried sausage.
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
5:37 AM - 1 Jun 2016
Twitter
Ryan Manns
@ryan_the_manns
Check this one out guys:
Whats a downhill skier’s favorite type of tubular meat?
Slalomi
11:45 PM - 15 Jul 2017
Twitter
UncleDanny1975
@UDanny1975
#MakeFoodOlympic Slalomi sandwich
9:35 PM - 10 Feb 2018
Reddit—Dad Jokes
What is a skier’s favorite lunch meat? (self.dadjokes)
submitted February 13, 2018 by phalanX_X
Slalomi
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“$1,000 isn’t a lot of money to have, but it is a lot to owe” (5/6)
•“Being an adult is realizing having $1,000 is not a lot of money, but owing $1,000 is” (5/6)
•“I don’t need to drink coffee to be awesome. I’m already awesome. But it’s more fun when I’m awesome and awake” (5/6)
•Entry in progress—BP26 (5/6)
•Entry in progress—BP24 (5/6)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.