Not to give away all of the secrets to my country ass upbringing but I judged meat and poultry in high school in FFA. We routinely went to the local slaughter house for our learning, and how hot dogs and bologna are made was one of those lessons.
To the point though, one of the boys works at "a local sub shop". At this store they have a drop dead use by date, so any leftover meat the employees are allowed to take home or it goes in the trash. Their salami is really really good. (No it is not Subway) He brings home about an 8" log and I threw it on the smoker for about 2 hours. Threw a couple of slices on the gas grill, melted some mild flavored white cheese on it and some grilled sweet onions on toast w/spicy mustard. Super tasty little sammy. Just do it and report back.