You have to admire a country with such a passion for ham, or Jamón to be correct in Spanish.

Here in Madrid you can really splurge on the tasty asses of swine.

I personally prefer the jamón ibérico which is taken from Black Ibérian pig which eats only acorns while roaming oak forests between Spain and Portugal. It's a romantic thing to think of them hobbling around eating nuts waiting to be slaughtered. It's romantic because in the States it's usually the abused animals that taste the best like baby calves that hang in the air on ropes and are never allowed to touch the ground for fear of their meat becoming less tender.

A small plate of jamón ibérico will set you back about 20 Euros or more than 30 dollars U.S. but it is worth every Euro cent.

The olives here are tasty as well but they aren't nearly as funny to write about.

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