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NW Washington | The prosciutto is chewy because it has not been cooked. It is just cured with salt and time, that is why it has be sliced very thin. For while the Italian stuff could not be sold because it was not cooked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosciutto
The Spanish have their own version of cured ham made a similar way. They claim that feeding the hogs on acorns makes the meat better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%C3%B3n_ib%C3%A9rico
Edited by JohnW 1/22/2021 13:48
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