Italiano
Back in the good ol’ days of Ancient Rome there was this guy, who had a brilliant career both in the Army as well as in the Roman Senate, named Marcus Porcius Cato (who will soon called “the Elder” by posterity, to distinguish him from his homonymous descendant)
Quite a peevish man tho. He had this very conservative views who led him to see degenerate habits everywhere.
And he also had this great passion for agriculture! During the pauses from the public life, Cato used to spend his days in his properties, farming and raising cattle along with his peasants.
“Cato the Elder” was also the very first one to write down a recipe for dry-cured meat. In his “De Agri Cultura“, among many other things (the book has 170 chapters) he codified how to dry out, and then salt, pork meat.
A complete guide to make the ham. Wrote almost 2200 years ago!
The rural life must have benefitted the old grumpy fella, who had a child at the venerable age of 80.
According to the chronicles of the time, obviously.
Now, I don’t wanna sound suspicious but…
What the hell! Inox Bim has a great range of Climatic Cabinet for seasoning cured meats!
