Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Obviously none of you ever read "Charlotte's Web" to your children or grandchildren. "Some Pig!" Larry Z * * * * * On Sep 11, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote: 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 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