Jamón

Jamón is the dry cured ham of Spain. It is everywhere. It comes strait off of whole pig legs that hang in store windows or in kitchens. My family keeps their jamón pig leg in the breakfast nook next to the phone. I have been here only 3 days and I am already approaching the limit to my jamón tolerance. Here they make jamón y queso sandwiches, a small baguette cut in half with one piece of ham and one slice of cheese. There is about a 4:1 bread/meat + cheese ratio. And there are no condiments. I would love to find a place that sold a sandwich with more than a quarter inch of meat on it or maybe mayonnaise? Leticia has been very sweet to me and took me grocery shopping so I could buy foods that would  make me feel at home. Successfully finding peanut butter in the supermarket was a small victory for us, it is very uncommon here; Alejandro has never tried it before.Though Spain lacks the appreciation for peanut butter, I do give them credit for coming up with the idea for "jamón" flavored ruffles.