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> Frank103 wrote:
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>> I was wondering what is the most expensive food you buy. The most I
>> pay is $16.99 for a pound of lump crab meat from Costco. It's blue
>> swimming crab from Indonesia distributed by Philips Food. Great
>> taste. I'm told that Sam's Club also sells it.
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> Last week I found a new display of cold cuts in a nearby supermarket.
> Those are "cinta senese" cold cuts, made from dark, free roaming, long
> haired, small sized pigs in the area of Siena, in Tuscany. These pancetta,
> salame, coppa and prosciutto cost about 4 to 6 times theyr standard-pork
> equivalent. I bougth 200 grams of pancetta at 45 euros/Kg and 100 grams of
> prosciutto at 80 euros/kg. More than 17 euros for 300 grams of cured pork.
> Obviously that's not an habitude.
> Usually pancetta is around 10 euros/kg and prosciutto is in the lower
> 20'es.
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> Vilco

Did you find it wrth the difference?

I run into the Cinta Senese meat in restaurants mostly, but then I've
nothing to compare with.