Drying hams hang from the immense timbers supporting the roof.

Soon after we were at supper in the kitchen, with its low, dark, raftered ceiling from which substantial hams and flitches of bacon were hanging.

Inside, hams hang thickly from the ceilings and walls.

And a ham, cured in a cotton sack, still hangs in the meat house over a metal tub holding bars of lye soap.

"If you're a vegan, this is what hell smells like," he says happily, opening the door to a cooler where hams are hanging, then inhaling deeply.

In it, sausages and hams hang to dry.

Cheeses and hams hung from the hooks inside the wagons.

A slender salami or a duck breast may cure for only a few weeks, and larger hams may hang for two years.

The hams and salamis hang from the ceiling.

Deep-pink cured hams and chalky dry sausages hang from wall racks.