Pepperoni, in the US, are not what we call here "peperoni" (which are "Peppers" in english). They are "salame piccante" or just "salame" in Italy. I guess for some reason "peperoni" turned into "pepperoni" in the us and ended up meaning something totally different, or maybe that comes from a different word or language. As a matter of fact, Stefano, if you're in the US and ask for a pepperoni pizza you get una pizza al salame piccante Dont' complain and pay more attention to language differences ;D