Posted on 01/18/2010 4:54:58 AM PST by Daffynition
"The world's most expensive ham" has gone on sale in London, according to retailer Selfridges.
The leg of Iberico ham, which costs £1,800, went on sale at the food hall in the retailer's flagship store in Oxford Street, central London.
The 7kg (15lb) ham leg comes with its own DNA certificate as proof of authenticity.
Pig farmer and ham expert Manuel Maldonado selected 50 pigs that were reared in Extremadura in western Spain.
The pigs were fed on a diet of acorns and roots to give the ham a distinctive flavour.
'Gourmet luxury'
After being slaughtered their ham was salted and cured for three years, before going on sale in a hand-made wooden box wrapped in an apron made by a Spanish tailor.
"Connoisseurs will appreciate the melt-in-the-mouth texture of this truly amazing Spanish ham," said Selfridges fresh food Buyer Andrew Cavanna.
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Just this past week, I made my first attempt at home made bacon. It came out very, very good - a couple of tweaks are needed to my process, but it was way better than store bought and fairly easy. The hardest part was finding fresh pork bellies.
Reminds me of the punchline of an old joke about the three-legged pig:
“When a pig’s THAT good ya don’t wanna eat it all at once.”
Pigs and ACORNs go together like Dems and fraud...
Now yer talkin'
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