Finocchiona is undoubtedly one of the most loved among Tuscan pork products and also a fundamentral ingredient in "Antipasto alla Toscana" (Tuscan appetiser).

Finocchiona, a variation on salami, supposedly owes its origins to a thief at a fair near the town of Prato, who stole a fresh salami and hid it in a stand of wild fennel. When he returned for it, he found it had absorbed the aromas of its hiding place and had become fit for the Gods.