Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11
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It could be a good and cheaper idea, to come here, in Spain, and enjoy it in
situ!
Later, you could have a "relaxing cup of caf? con leche in Madrid":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WfG7CVFKiQ
:)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:18:12 -0700
From: Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Iberian pigs
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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.
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> 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
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> On Sep 11, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Marc Dufour wrote:
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> > 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
> ;)