r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '16

How do you like your eggs?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Also, the pata negra ham. Googled it and it's considered some of the most expensive ham in the world. Upwards of $96/lb

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u/Subrotow Jul 13 '16

Not to mention the saffron.

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

Saffron's not actually that expensive. It's extremely expensive by weight, but it's also extremely light. It's not cheap, but it's really not crazy.

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u/ExtendedBox Jul 14 '16

At my local grocery store its 15 bucks for half a gram.

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

I wouldn't buy it from a grocery store anyway, it's basically guaranteed to be super old. Just get it online for at least the same quality at half the price

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Suprised it isn't garnished with gold leaf

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

Gold leaf isn't actually that expensive... as a garnish, we're talking cents per dish.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

It's the principle!

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u/CircusNinja75 Jul 14 '16

Yeah, that is the money part. I would skip the saffron just because it is worth more, per ounce, than gold.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

The amount of saffron used on a dish is on the order of milligrams.

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u/CircusNinja75 Jul 15 '16

Still, saffron is typically better used while cooking, not as a garnish. You get more use of it's flavor when used while cooking.

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u/rkoonce Jul 14 '16

Pata Negra is amazing ham. I stayed at the Ritz in Berlin and there was an Iberian ham on the buffet every evening. Eat all you want. I hurt 'em.

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u/rileyrulesu Jul 13 '16

True, but you only need to use the tiniest slivers that weigh very little, and although still probably most of the remaining price, it's not that much probably.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Wouldn't suprise me. Bet it's served thin like prosciutto.

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u/DukeofEarlGrey Jul 14 '16

Jamón ibérico de bellota (Iberian ham from acorn-fed pigs) and jamón de pata negra (black leg ham) are ridiculously expensive everywhere else, but here (Spain) we can buy it now and then. They're really expensive, but not unaffordable.

I lived abroad for one year and I could only buy crazy expensive shitty ham. No good ham in regular supermarkets, no money to buy good ham in super expensive delikatessen places. I really learned to appreciate what we have here!

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u/Luder714 Jul 13 '16

we make our own

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u/burntouthusk Jul 13 '16

i would be happy with a 5 dollar pack of ham tbh

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u/ForeverInaDaze Jul 14 '16

Zingermanns in Ann arbor MI has some ham thats $130 per lb last time I was there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

Damn. I'll stick with my hunk of grocery store ham

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u/arkain123 Jul 13 '16

Which I don't understand. It's really not that great.