Spain's Luxury Ham Makers Hit by Pandemic – Courthouse News Service
MEMBRÍO, Spain (AFP) — The sun is shining as Salvador Pereira Menaut’s pigs trot between the oak trees in search of acorns — but he does not look happy. Sales of premium “pata negra” dry-cured hams, the “caviar” of Spanish charcuterie, have suffered as restaurants and hotels have closed and celebratory events where it is usually eaten have been put on ice because of the pandemic. And that has pushed down the value of the hams made by Navarretinto, the company Pereira runs, as well as the 13,000 Iberico pigs raised each year in the sparsely populated region of Extremadura in so...
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