{"id":20289,"date":"2024-07-31T10:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20289"},"modified":"2024-07-31T10:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:05:43","slug":"one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20289","title":{"rendered":"One of These Things Is Not Like the Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Or so goes the first line of the song.)<\/p>\n

As is my gratifying habit, I was scanning Roosevelt Ave in search of anything new on the scene that might belong in my Flushing ethnojunket<\/a>. Lining the avenue is an extensive stretch of Chinese markets, restaurants, teashops and bakeries, punctuated by streetside vendors offering fried dumplings, buns, skewers, a duck anatomy course (wings, necks \u2013 literally heads to feet), a shop dedicated to Spanish Ib\u00e9rico ham…wait, what?<\/p>\n

Obviously, I had to investigate. Turns out, House of Ib\u00e9rico is owned by a Chinese gentleman, but the hams are definitely of Spanish provenance. \u201cUpscale\u201d doesn\u2019t begin to do the business justice.<\/p>\n

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I purchased one of the products on display, dry-cured Ferm\u00edn Serrano Loin from acorn-fed pigs: gossamer thin slices of tender ham, not at all spicy despite my having been cautioned, savory but not salty, almost nutty, and as tasty as it was expensive.<\/p>\n

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So I cobbled together a platter of the sophisticated meat, some Spanish cheese, slices of fresh plum, along with bread and fig jam, and since the second line of the song is \u201cOne of these things just doesn\u2019t belong,\u201d I selected a Middle Eastern spicy preserved lemon to adorn the center of the plate. Bullseye!<\/p>\n

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Luncheon is served!
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