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ChattyCathy > wrote:
>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.

--Blair