Curiosities about Parma Ham

The birth of the ham factories

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a boom in ham consumption takes place and small artisan workshops are replaced by large factories devoted to the production and sale of cured meats. During these years Parma obtained the appellation of “Ham Capital.”

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