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What’s the most expensive thing you’ve eaten/drank? (lemmy.world)
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And was it worth it?

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[–] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There's a fancy grocery store near me, and in the deli, they had acorn-fed organic-raised Iberico Pork charcutery.

It was, I want to say, $160 a pound.

It was my birthday, and getting them to slice it as thin as they could, I bought a tenth of a pound of this $160 a pound Iberico pork.

It was the most delicious thing I'd ever eaten in my entire life.

I shared it with my girlfriend and she almost cried at how good it was.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago*

    The law says that Jamón Iberico de Bellota, free range acorn foraging, not fed, has to have a minimum of 19 acres per pig. Ibérico pigs are way more athletic and are not fattened, so their yield is way lower than white pigs. Curing is a minimum of 20 months in open air mountain curing buildings, etc..

    You can easily pay 600-1000€ in Spain for a whole leg. 6Kg. aprox. and that includes the bones, skin, and other unusable parts. The price is not unjustified.

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