High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ventricina is a delicatessen item commonly found in the Abruzzo Region of central Italy. It is most similar to what Americans refer to as "cold cuts". Traditionally made using relatively low grade, very fatty meat cuts pig and encasing them in the animal`s intestines or stomach while they cure. There are two principal types of ventricina: those of the area in and around the city of Teramo, and others coming from the area of Vasto.