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January 18, 2010

Fancy a ham sarnie? That'll be the best part of two grand, please.

What weighs 7kg, comes with its own DNA certificate of authenticity and costs £1800? Yes, that’s right, it’s a leg of ham. But this isn’t any old leg of ham. It’s not even Markies ham. In fact, this ham is posh that it may well have fagged for Prince William at Eton. Just gone on sale in the food hall at Selfridges, it’s Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota ham and it’s the most expensive piece of pig in the world.

It’s not even April Fool’s Day.