So for the most part, when you walk down the grocery store aisle, you're coming across cured ham. I'm not sure a lot of folks even considered whether or not ham could truly be uncured. But ...

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"There is clear evidence that in the present, typical production area hams, or fresh pork legs, were already being cured during the Roman period," Elke Fernandez from Parma Ham told INSIDER.

Iberian ham, or jamón Ibérico, is one of the most expensive meats in the world. A leg of it can cost as much as $4,500. But what is it about this cured meat that makes it cost so much?