My birthday is on Monday and look what happened to show up today: a perishable birthday present from Laura and Sam. Hmm, what could it be? (I figure that if techies can post photo sets of them unboxing their new toys, I can post photos of me opening pig meat.)
It seems to be from La Quercia. There’s only one thing that I know they sell.
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Salted pig. Very delicious salted pig.
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A pound each of three different kinds.
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Their original specialty, prosciutto Americano: salty and ever so slightly sweet.
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Speck, a lightly smoked prosciutto.
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Prosciutto piccante, sort of like spice speck but not quite.
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Cutting it open.
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Getting ready to pop some in my mouth.
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It was delicious and I still have a lot left.
Earlier posts on La Quercia can be found here, here and here.
Happy Birthday! I expect you to stick some candles in one of the pig chunks to celebrate.