Jamón ibérico is to cured hams what wagyu is to beef. It's considered supreme by most.
Interestingly, the choice to use this ham might itself be a reference to the previous episodes' conversations with Gideon about how the diet of a food can change it's flavor. These types of hams are fed a very specific diet, with the most sought-after being free-range pigs that eat forage until a short time before slaughter; at that point they are exclusively fed acorns.
He'll Eat You Up, He Loves You Soapey1013August 18 2015, 06:13:02 UTC
Sudden insomnia-inspired theory! Fairy tales, right? And different perspectives in the show and across books? Okay. Here's my interpretation:
To everyone in Hannibal's universe, Hannibal - the man himself, his life, the things he's done - is the physical manifestation of their most feared horror story. Beverly mentions having several siblings. Then she's in The Basement and sees what we're told is the Absolute Worst Thing. We all had different gory ideas of what it could be, when in fact, it was Abigail hiding in the basement. The worst horror for Beverly, as the eldest child, is to see young Abigail captive in that basement. The worst horror for Chiyoh is that her life and the mission she's lived by have been a lie. Etc. Etc. In Hannibal Lecter-verse, Hannibal is everyone's nightmare from their perspective.
However, going back to our twitter discussion the other week (and feeding off your thoughts on Hannibal's messed up relationship concepts), in Hannibal's mind, Hannibal's life is a twisted fairy tale. It's a Maurice Sendak kind
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This is but the first of a long string of my feels...vermouth1991August 18 2015, 06:32:46 UTC
Congratulations on finishing another episode's recap, Cleo! I think it's gonna take me two dozen reads to absorb everything you wrote and lay out all my thoughts, that's how great it is. I think you really deserve a nice fancy drink for your troubles. :)
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"No longer interested in preserving the peace you found here?" she asks, shaken. "You cannot preserve entropy. It gradually descends into disorder," says Hannibal, who would know. "Two men from the Capponi are dead," she insists. (I am honestly surprised that Hannibal does not say, okay, technically Scarf Guy was from Paris.) "I can only claim one," he says. "Technically."Actually, this bit I have to disagree with you. I think the first person "from the Capponi" that Bedelia referred to was the (to us) nameless and faceless ex-curator of the Library, which Hannibal disposed of with the help of two bags of cement. (I wonder if he took Trophies from that guy, though. Anthony, on the other hand, was fully utilized by becoming the Tarot Heart (and to Will, the Stagenstein) and his
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RE: Re: This is but the first of a long string of my feels...vermouth1991August 18 2015, 14:58:23 UTC
I didn't get that your Hannibal was deflecting it with a joke! Sorry for being such a party-p@$per.
Actually I don't think Bedelia's worries make full sense: Sogliato can't stay "missing" forever, that I totally get, but Mr Cemented-Curator Guy was thought by all to have eloped with some lady and her money, wasn't he? There's really no reason (short of the mind of a Rorschach-level conspiracy theorist) to suspect foul play and that "Dr Fell" disappeared him...
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Interestingly, the choice to use this ham might itself be a reference to the previous episodes' conversations with Gideon about how the diet of a food can change it's flavor. These types of hams are fed a very specific diet, with the most sought-after being free-range pigs that eat forage until a short time before slaughter; at that point they are exclusively fed acorns.
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http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1047679.html
I figured they liked working with it so much the first time, they just went and got another for the "arm."
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Also, I have seen Grave of the Fireflies, and it is exactly that depressing.
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To everyone in Hannibal's universe, Hannibal - the man himself, his life, the things he's done - is the physical manifestation of their most feared horror story. Beverly mentions having several siblings. Then she's in The Basement and sees what we're told is the Absolute Worst Thing. We all had different gory ideas of what it could be, when in fact, it was Abigail hiding in the basement. The worst horror for Beverly, as the eldest child, is to see young Abigail captive in that basement. The worst horror for Chiyoh is that her life and the mission she's lived by have been a lie. Etc. Etc. In Hannibal Lecter-verse, Hannibal is everyone's nightmare from their perspective.
However, going back to our twitter discussion the other week (and feeding off your thoughts on Hannibal's messed up relationship concepts), in Hannibal's mind, Hannibal's life is a twisted fairy tale. It's a Maurice Sendak kind ( ... )
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"No longer interested in preserving the peace you found here?" she asks, shaken. "You cannot preserve entropy. It gradually descends into disorder," says Hannibal, who would know. "Two men from the Capponi are dead," she insists. (I am honestly surprised that Hannibal does not say, okay, technically Scarf Guy was from Paris.) "I can only claim one," he says. "Technically."Actually, this bit I have to disagree with you. I think the first person "from the Capponi" that Bedelia referred to was the (to us) nameless and faceless ex-curator of the Library, which Hannibal disposed of with the help of two bags of cement. (I wonder if he took Trophies from that guy, though. Anthony, on the other hand, was fully utilized by becoming the Tarot Heart (and to Will, the Stagenstein) and his ( ... )
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Actually I don't think Bedelia's worries make full sense: Sogliato can't stay "missing" forever, that I totally get, but Mr Cemented-Curator Guy was thought by all to have eloped with some lady and her money, wasn't he? There's really no reason (short of the mind of a Rorschach-level conspiracy theorist) to suspect foul play and that "Dr Fell" disappeared him...
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