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The cured meats of Candlemas

Candelario, Sierra de Béjar, Salamanca

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The cured meats of Candlemas

Food and drink · Candelario, Sierra de Béjar, Salamanca

Image of Candelario, not of the place itself.

On 2 February, Candlemas day, the pork-curing work ended with the slaughter and the tasting of the chichas. The lofts of the houses, with large sunlit galleries, served as drying rooms for the cured meat that made the town famous.

Photo: I-Bejar.com (CC BY 2.0)

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