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Subject: [Leica] Iberian pigs
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:23:01 +0200
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I can imagine, it is a luxury item there. Here, 120 Euro / kg is the most I 
have paid. There are cheaper varieties, but I only buy the 
best--infrequently.

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 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
>> 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
>> ;)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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