It is a question as old as the thought of humanity. What is happiness?
This week there has been a response in the streets of the Big Apple. They say that a Spanish expatriate let out this exclamation: Ham and free in New York, you have brightened my afternoon!
That is one of the impossible pairings in a city where finding a good ham requires a better wallet.
With the excuse that the day of happiness was commemorated last Monday, the two main ham employers in Spain –Interpoc, white layer pork and Asici, Iberian pig– came together to distribute the so-called “secret ingredient of happiness”. . Before moving to Washington, the campaign of the Spanish Ham started in the New York neighborhoods. A food truck he distributed “slices of happiness” through the streets of the city. The operation consisted of the distribution of 5,000 trays of Ham Ham What would the long-awaited Bigas Luna say?
Before moving to Washington, the ‘Spanish Ham’ campaign started in New York neighborhoods
The United States is the fifth country in the world in terms of exports and the first behind four from the European Union.
It was clear that the experience offered a lot of happiness, without it being necessary to distinguish between the Serrano and the Iberian. This is another topic, which he did not touch this time.
“The DNA of Spanish cuisine is ham. There are numerous preparations with it, but the best is to eat it as it is,” stressed Víctor Rivera, chef at Nubeluz, a José Andrés restaurant in New York that participates in the campaign.
