Jamón

As I've said in other posts Pig is the main source of food here. Chips are even ham flavored and we almost always eat different products from the pig. A lot of people including my family has a giant dried or cured ham leg in the kitchen. We ran out the other day and Cristina and I went to buy a new one. I felt this is a ritual I had to do...Th buying of the ham leg haha. The one we bought cost around 65€ and weighs 13 lbs! This ham leg also took a year to dry and preserve it to get it ready to eat. I also switched out the old ham for the new one; another important ritual I thought, The changing of the ham. What was left of the old ham leg was basically only bone but Manuel wrapped it in a big and said he was going to bring it to his mom. His mom cuts the bone and uses some in soup for flavor and gives the rest to their dog. Manuel told me they never throw out ham.