Seltzer\u2019s Smokehouse Meats<\/a> is one of the stops along Lebanon County\u2019s wooden token trail, and it also offers visitors a behind-the-scenes tour of how Lebanon Bologna is made.<\/p>\nInside one of the company\u2019s 13 smokehouses, visitors can get an up-close look at the process behind a product that has become a staple in the Susquehanna Valley.<\/p>\n
A business built to last<\/p>\n
Owner and president Austin Wagoner said Seltzer\u2019s has been in business since 1902, and he is the fourth generation of his family to lead the company. He said the business has endured for more than a century because of its employees and the strong support of the local community.<\/p>\n
Wagoner said the company has been making its product the same way for 120 years, preserving a tradition that is deeply tied to the Lebanon Valley.<\/p>\n
A product unique to the Lebanon Valley\t<\/p>\n
Lebanon Bologna is a regional specialty that Wagoner said is not made anywhere else. <\/p>\n
For many people, it has become more than just a food item \u2014 it is something shared with friends and family who move away, offering a taste of home and a connection to the region.<\/p>\n
How the bologna is madeDuring the tour, visitors can watch as workers place Lebanon Bologna logs into the smokehouse, where they remain for about two days. Wagoner said each log is personally checked to ensure it meets the company\u2019s quality standards before it is ready.A stop on the token trail<\/p>\n
Visitors who stop by Seltzer\u2019s Smokehouse Meats can also collect a wooden token as part of the Lebanon County trail, adding another local experience to the celebration of the county\u2019s history and heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seltzer\u2019s Smokehouse Meats is one of the stops along Lebanon County\u2019s wooden token trail, and it also offers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[39066,39087,39070,328,39071,22063,39072,2990,39073,6445,39074,39075,38938,7658,39088,93,39067,1542,38977,39076,38940,39077,39068,31996,39078,39079,39085,39069,39080,39081,39082,39084,20370,8166,38945,39086,39083,38944],"class_list":{"0":"post-112790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lebanon","8":"tag-austin-wagoner","9":"tag-behind-the-scene-tour","10":"tag-behind-the-scenes-tour","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-community-support","13":"tag-company","14":"tag-county-history","15":"tag-family","16":"tag-family-business","17":"tag-food-production","18":"tag-food-tour","19":"tag-fourth-generation","20":"tag-heritage-tourism","21":"tag-home","22":"tag-lastowner","23":"tag-lebanon","24":"tag-lebanon-bologna","25":"tag-lebanon-county","26":"tag-lebanon-valley","27":"tag-local-business","28":"tag-local-heritage","29":"tag-local-tradition","30":"tag-pennsylvania-food","31":"tag-product","32":"tag-quality-standards","33":"tag-regional-specialty","34":"tag-seltzer","35":"tag-seltzers-smokehouse-meats","36":"tag-since-1902","37":"tag-smoked-meats","38":"tag-smokehouse","39":"tag-smokehouse-meats","40":"tag-stop","41":"tag-susquehanna-valley","42":"tag-visitor","43":"tag-wagoner","44":"tag-wooden-token","45":"tag-wooden-token-trail"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}