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Special experts were able to shape the ham, then to salt it just a little bit, to drain it slightly off, and after few days to put in apposite wooden cases, where the hams were pressed by stone slabs (of proper weight, neither too light nor too heavy) so to let the excessive blood drain off, and the meat turn solid and compact.