Sunday, January 21, 2007

Lacon

You always have something to learn. I learnt what Lacón is.

I can't believe that it took me so long to discover something so simple and so good. But what is lacón? Well it's some part of a pig, that's about all I can say. It's basically ham, cut thick so it's like gammon almost. This is cut from one of the big legs of ham that you see in a typical bar over here, taken into a kitchen, cooked in a thick concentration of oil and spicy paprika and then served with crispy bread. It's heavenly but possibly deadly with all of the grease. Therefore I don't want to find out how to make it, as we'd have it every day at home and....

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