Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, heaven... In the US, it is frighteningly expensive. A Spanish grocery store across the street from my apartment sells thin slices in vacuum packages for about $60 / 4oz, or about 400 EUR / kg. Of course, you can buy an entire leg, for about 1,000 EUR... On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Indeed. > > I buy the best jam?n de bellota in the market in Alicante. The price is 80 > or 100 Euro per kilo, but you only ever buy 100 grams, so it is not that > big an investment. And the taste is, yes, heavenly. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Marc Dufour wrote: > > > > > Attending to a Lluis comment, a cropped version of a previous post: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Marc/Huelva/IMG_5740+cropped.jpg.html > > > > These pigs are privileged, domesticated but genuine sybarite, and > produce the best ham you could taste... > > They live in a natural environment, the "dehesas", great cork oaks > plantations and eat exclusively acorns along many months, etc. > > Their ham is so special thanks to the iberian breed, and to be cured > between 2 and 3 years in the microclimate of the region (as in > > other parts of Spain). > > After taste this ham and other products, it's hard to eat other ones > > > > Best regards, > > Marc > > > > PS: > > Taken with Apo-Telyt-R 1:3,4/180. > > If somebody has an extra Apo-Telyt 280, please, have a thought about me > ;) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com