Yes, there are dozens of different salami piccanti (Plural.Singular is "salamE piccantE". Not to be picky, just thought ppl in here might be interested in proper spelling and pronunciation
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), you're right. However, I would say that what I tasted in the US as "pepperoni" falls in that large category. I actually tasted US pepperoni several times in several places, both east and west coast
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, but I admit I do not know exactly what it is and it may very well be classified as a "salsiccia", technically
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, which, for those who don't know, is slightly different from salame. Consider, however, that the boundary between salsiccia a and salame does not really exists, since it varies from region to region within Italy itself, and both salame and salsiccia are names that include a very large variety of different things.