Creminelli Tartufo Salami with Black Truffle

One of the indulgences of birthdays is having the excuse to buy something that looks as expensive as it is. So for my birthday I laid out $11 (on sale) for a single Creminelli Tartufo Salami with Black Truffle. And once again I'm reminded that money spent on food is usually returned with interest.

The sausage was perfectly fatty and rich, with sufficient salt and fat to make me feel like I should have a view of the sea and a really good beer in my hand. Perhaps because of the truffle or maybe just because of the spicing of the pork, I tasted a distinct flavor of ripe olives (which is mostly oil and brine) that was accentuated by the dryness of the meat - this sausage was sold at room temperature with only the loose paper wrapper shown in the post picture and with no instructions to refrigerate after it was cut. It is a true dry sausage (at least as I define the term) in that respect. I bought this one as an indulgence; the next will be purchased out of respect.