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Really notches up a ham-cheese-and-tomato sandwich, that stuff!

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Especially if you use the most expensive French cheese in the fridge, as my daughter once did.

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My favourite HCT involves spanish proscuitto (but from Palma is also fine), Pont-l'Évêque and ox-heart on fresh sourdough (possibly baguette). Sprinkle of pepper. Since it's lunch time, I might just go and see what I can scrounge up...

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Oh my, well done.

It must have been delicious for them to eat so much.

Be different if they were teenagers, as some teenagers have an ability to hoover up food regardless of price and frequently taste.

Come the climatepocolypse I intend to open a Charcuterie in my wasteland deli where I will serve cuts made from billionaires - The musk, will be the most expensive cut I think.

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Don't tell me you've given up on dreams of "universal food substitute" liberally doused in chili?

So many ways to read that last sentence, and I'm not sure that I like any of them, but I suspect that I know what you're getting at.

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I weed myself a little when I read this.

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My work here is done.

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this may be unpopular but i reckon the spendy ham taste to cost ratio is a bit skewed. Sure its good but maybe not at the price point it usually goes for. The next revolution will come on the back of the words "let them eat iberico"

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As David Mitchell once said "Pigs are expensive, pink and annoying, but they're also delicious, which is why we breed so many of them. There might be a few polar bears left if more people wanted one for breakfast."

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My wife and I went to Tas and were lucky enough to eat at Fat Pig Farm.

OMG. It was beautiful. There was ham, there was prosciutto, and a slow cooked, shredded pork that have been poached in a stock with fennel the day before. They also made their own bacon which left Exxon Valdez quantities of bacon fat in the pan afterwards.

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Yeah . I think it’s called the Ben Dover. We have em here too

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I have friends in Tennessee I visit once a year or so. They raise pigs and goats and chickens . Mostly free range . I don’t think they use the term it’s just how most folks raise animals there.the pigs live on acorns from the surrounding area and yes it’s delicious. I’m sure they would be astounded what people pay for it in the swank joints .

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Try a couple hundred bucks for a sandwich.

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