<quote> Connoisseurs go mad for £1,000 ham Pure Iberian porker's leg at a price you can't afford By Lester Haines Published Tuesday 11th September 2007 10:40 GMT
Aficionados of pure Iberian ham are apparently fighting to get their laughing gear round one of the few legs of 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve - a jamón ibérico puro hewn from acorn-fed* porkers and cured for two years - which goes on sale next year at a reserve price of £1,000 a leg.
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<quote> Connoisseurs go mad for £1,000 ham Pure Iberian porker's leg at a price you can't afford By Lester Haines Published Tuesday 11th September 2007 10:40 GMT
Aficionados of pure Iberian ham are apparently fighting to get their laughing gear round one of the few legs of 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve - a jamón ibérico puro hewn from acorn-fed* porkers and cured for two years - which goes on sale next year at a reserve price of £1,000 a leg.
Sheol and I paid $350/kg for some jamon iberico a few months back. We only bought 100g. Whilst I wouldn't pay $35 for a few slices of ham on a regular basis, it was totally worth it to see what all the fuss was about. It melted in the mouth and was sweet and nutty - tasted a bit like sesame seeds. When the shop guy sliced it, he gave us the scraps to taste, as he said it was too precious to be wasted 😉
... I am not going to pay this amount of money for it.
Would you?
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Sheol and I paid $350/kg for some jamon iberico a few months back. We only bought 100g. Whilst I wouldn't pay $35 for a few slices of ham on a regular basis, it was totally worth it to see what all the fuss was about.
I got some at The Spanish Table when we went up to Santa Fe before the NM Cook-in. Prices weren't that high...
<quote> Connoisseurs go mad for £1,000 ham Pure Iberian porker's leg at a price you can't afford By Lester Haines Published Tuesday 11th September 2007 10:40 GMT
Aficionados of pure Iberian ham are apparently fighting to get their laughing gear round one of the few legs of 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve - a jamón ibérico puro hewn from acorn-fed* porkers and cured for two years - which goes on sale next year at a reserve price of £1,000 a leg.
Christine Dabney <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Amarantha said:
Sheol and I paid $350/kg for some jamon iberico a few months back. We only bought 100g. Whilst I wouldn't pay $35 for a few slices of ham on a regular basis, it was totally worth it to see what all the fuss was about.
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I got some at The Spanish Table when we went up to Santa Fe before the NM Cook-in. Prices weren't that high...
Aficionados of pure Iberian ham are apparently fighting to get their laughing gear round one of the few legs of 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve - a jamón ibérico puro hewn from acorn-fed* porkers and cured for two years - which goes on sale next year at a reserve price of £1,000 a leg.
It's served by shaving it translucently thin.
You can probably get a thousand people to pay £4.95 each for a few slices, and have plenty left over for the best carbonara ever.
