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World's Most Expensive Ham 世上最貴的火腿
We all like to eat well, and sometimes it's worthspending that little bit extra in order to get the bestfood available, but how many of us would consider spending nearly ￡2,000 (22,000 yuan) fora pig's leg?
British gourmets with money to burn are licking their lips at the thought of a Spanish hamthat has gone on sale this week at shop in London.
The 7kg leg of Iberico ham costs ￡1,800 (19,800 yuan) and even comes with its own DNAcertificate to guarantee authenticity.
Cured ham has long been enjoyed as an expensive delicacy around the world but the heftyprice tag attached to these hams sets them apart from other similar products.
The reason they are so costly is because they come from a group of only 50 black Iberian pigspersonally selected and reared by a third-generation Iberian pig farmer and curer.
Each pig has been fed on a special diet of acorns and roots to give the ham its distinctiveflavour, and given a pasture of ten hectares each to live in.
After, what is by pig standards, an idyllic life of roaming oak groves and feeding naturally, thepigs are slaughtered and the curing process begins.
To make jamon iberico, as it is called in Spanish, the hams are salted and left to dry for twoweeks, then they are rinsed and dried for another four to six weeks.
The dry hams are then hung in a cool, dry place for between 12 and 36 months before beingmade available to the public.
These kinds of ham are served raw in very thin slices and usually eaten as an rding to the London store selling the world's most expensive ham, the taste more thanjustifies the price tag.
"Connoisseurs will appreciate the melt-in-the-mouth texture of this truly amazing Spanishham," said a spokesman.
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我們都喜歡吃好一點，有時爲了吃到最好的食物，多花一點錢也是值得的。但是有多少人會考慮花費接近2,000英鎊(22,000元)來買一條豬腿呢?
一想到倫敦一家商店即將出售的西班牙火腿，英國有花不完的錢的美食家們就垂涎三尺。
伊比利(Iberico)火腿每條重達7千克，每條高達1,800英鎊，每條都有DNA證書證明其真實性。
火腿一直被世界各地譽爲昂貴的'美味佳餚，但是這些火腿上面昂貴的價格標籤將它們與其他類似產品區別開來。
這些火腿如此昂貴是因爲，它們來自第三代伊比利養豬專家親自挑選並飼養的僅有的50頭豬。
每頭豬都用特別的橡果和樹根製成的特別膳食飼養，使火腿具有特別的風味，而且每頭豬都有10公頃牧場的活動範圍。
按照豬的標準，經過在橡樹叢中徜徉和自然餵養的田園詩般的生活之後，這些豬被屠宰，開始了醃製的過程。
爲了製成伊比利火腿，這些火腿用鹽醃製，懸掛兩週的時間來風乾，隨後用水沖洗，再風乾4至6周的時間。
隨後將風乾的火腿懸掛在乾燥涼爽的環境下12至36周到時間，之後纔會推向市場。
這種火腿都是切成薄片生着提供，通常是作爲開胃菜。據出售這種世界最貴火腿的倫敦商場所說，這種火腿的風味絕對可以證明這個價格是合理的。
“行家會喜歡這種令人驚歎的西班牙火腿入口即化的感覺。”一名發言人說。
