''Lacón'' is a
Spanish
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dried
ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term '' ...
obtained from the shoulders or front legs of the pig.
Historically, ''lacón'' has been mentioned in texts since at least the 17th century.
''Lacón galego'' from
Galicia, Spain, have a
protected geographical indication
Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and Traditional food, traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG), promote ...
(PGI) status under European law. Production of ''lacón galego'' may take place in Galicia, from the rearing and slaughter of the pigs, to the curing of the final product. The actual product is only made with the shoulder, rather than the whole leg, as is usual with other
''jamónes'' ().
The following breeds of pig may be used to make ''lacón'':
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
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Sports Foot ...
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Large White
''Pieris brassicae'', the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, '' Pieris ra ...
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Landrace
A landrace is a Domestication, domesticated, locally adapted, often traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural Environment (biophysical), environment of agric ...
or
Duroc, and there are two type of ''lacón'', depending on how the pig is reared:
*''Traditional lacón galego'' may be called so when the pig has been fed on a diet of only natural feed, e.g.
acorn
The acorn is the nut (fruit), nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera ''Quercus'', ''Notholithocarpus'' and ''Lithocarpus'', in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), en ...
s,
cereal
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize ( Corn). Edible grains from other plant families, ...
s,
chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Description
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s, and other vegetable foods for ''at least'' the last three months before slaughter.
*''Lacón galego'' when the pig has been fed on the feeds authorised by the regulatory board for up until slaughter.
Those feeds that are unauthorised by the board are forbidden; these include oils and fish, and their derivatives.
See also
*
List of hams
This is a list of notable hams and ham products. Ham is pork that has been food preservation, preserved through Salting (food), salting, Smoking (cooking), smoking, or Curing (food preservation), wet curing. It was traditionally made only from t ...
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List of dried foods
This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when d ...
References
External links
Official Site
Dried meat
Ham
Spanish products with protected designation of origin
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